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If only we had a convertible. Our big red truck, though, did a fine job on the Big Sur coast, California's answer to the Amalfi coast in Italy. We were heading up Highway 1 to visit with Marty and Dennis. The fiver stayed behind temporarily in Morro Bay.
Splendid views of the Big Sur coastline
Cove at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park	Point Sur Lighthouse atop a volcanic rock
First glimpse of the historic Bixby Bridge	A painter's interpretation of Whaler's Cove, Pt. Lobos
Enjoying the bay view with Dennis and Marty on their dining room deck
Dennis wrote the introduction to this book on his friend, the late Playboy cartoonist Eldon Dedini
Birding with Marty, Dennis and Stan at a private reserve
Birding the estuary near the mouth of the Carmel River
The Carmel River finds its way to the ocean
Picnic on the beach with Marty-made sandwiches and Happy Camper wine
Where did all these rocks come from?
This tree is the subject of one of Marty's paintings
Point Lobos is just across the bay
Great way to spend an afternoon
Looking for the Brown Booby before heading home to Morro Bay
MISSION SAN ANTONIO
On an earlier trip to Big Sur with Dawn, Jeff, Judi and Dick, we came home via Nacimiento-Ferguson Rd. En route to Highway 101, we stopped off at Mission San Antonio, a historic California mission.
Father Junipero Serra founded the missions	Always time for a photo op
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