Places::Big Sur (Bixby Bridge & McWay Falls)

        When we visited Carmel last fall, we also took the scenic CA Hwy 1 drive on the way to Big Sur.  I have several places on my mind that I want to visit that day, too bad one day was not enough to see them all.
 

        First stop was Bixby Bridge which was built in 1932.  It was high noon when we got to the bridge so it was so hard to get good pictures of the structure.  Good thing there was this dirt road before you get to the bridge where you could walk a little further and get a good view of the bridge from the other side that was not directly against the sun.

        Our next stop was Julia Pfeiffer Burns Park to see McWay Falls.  This was taken inside the concrete culvert beneath Hwy 1 that you have to cross from the parking lot to get to the falls.

        This is the trail/walkway where you get to see a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean on your left.

        This is a view of McWay Falls which is an 80 foot waterfall that spills directly into the Pacific Ocean.

        We also saw this black and yellow, hairy caterpillar near the Pelton wheel area of the park.   I Googled for it afterwards and found out that it was a Spotted Tussock Moth caterpillar

        We saw a lot of California poppy on the way back to the parking lot.  I learned from Dinah that this is the official state flower of California.











        
        I took this picture by the roadside on our way back to Carmel.  It looked like a very low cloud hovering over the beach.