08.15.21 Hwy 1 to Carmel & Limekiln

©08.15.21 Some of the pretty flowers in Carmel-by-the-Sea

©08.15.21 Some of the pretty flowers in Carmel-by-the-Sea

©08.15.21 Some of the pretty flowers in Carmel-by-the-Sea

©08.15.21 Some of the pretty flowers in Carmel-by-the-Sea

©08.15.21 If I ever have a topiary in my yard, I want something like this.

©08.15.21 Some of the pretty flowers in Carmel-by-the-Sea

©08.15.21 I found this beauty in Carmel-by-the-Sea

©08.15.21 Carmel-by-the-Sea

©08.15.21 Along the coast to Big Sur

©08.15.21 Along the coast to Big Sur

©08.15.21 Along the coast to Big Sur

©08.15.21 Along the coast to Big Sur

©08.15.21 Along the coast in Big Sur

©08.15.21 Along the coast in Big Sur

©08.15.21 Along the coast in Big Sur

©08.15.21 Along the coast in Big Sur

©08.15.21 Along the Big Sur coast

©08.15.21 Along the Big Sur coast

©08.15.21 Along the Big Sur coast

©08.15.21 Along the Big Sur coast

©08.15.21 Along the Big Sur coast

©08.15.21 Along the Big Sur coast

©08.15.21 Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery

©08.15.21 Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery

©08.15.21 Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery

©08.15.21 Marlene setting up camp

©08.15.21 Sondra on the beach

©08.15.21 Limekiln Creek where it enters the ocean

©08.15.21 At the beach with Marlene, Sondra and Lance

©08.15.21 Kenny sharing the love

©08.15.21 Sondra and I at the beach

©08.15.21 Sondra, Marlene & I

©08.15.21 Creek entering the ocean. Creek water was warmer than the ocean

©08.15.21 Kenny and Lance

©08.15.21 Sondra and Marlene

©08.15.21 Sondra, Marlene, Kenny and Lance

©08.15.21 This guy decided to visit while we were setting up camp

©08.15.21 Dinner on the campfire. This has been the first place I’ve seen on this trip where fires are acceptable. Everywhere else has had a fire ban.

It was nice to sit around the fire to enjoy good food, good friends and great memories.

©08.15.21 Delicious dinner, hot off the fire.

©08.15.21 Enjoying dinner