We are now in the small town of Marina, just north of Monterey.

Just a few miles out of San Simeon we pulled into a view point and saw lots of elephant seals in the water.

We were setting out on the 90 miles up Highway 1 which are considered to provide some of the best costal scenery in the USA. These are some of the views we saw along the route.

http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/2301/

We took a break at Nepenthe Cafe which had a sun deck with these views of the mountains, the coast and Highway 1.

The road dropped to sea level at some points and the sand dunes were covered with these dark red plants. The sand here is very fine and white.

This is Bixby Bridge, famous for being the longest single-span concrete bridge in the world, built in 1932.

At the end of this scenic route is Monterey Bay with its beautiful deep aquamarine water.

We had been told by many people that we would see spectacular scenery today but nevertheless we were overwhelmed on many ocassions by the views and amazed by the variety of landscapes.