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Santa Cruz heading South to Silver Peak Wilderness

8/18/2022

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I still have some time by the nice beaches.  The water area here is called Monterey Bay.
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The state beach by La Selva, which interestingly is Spanish for forest.
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I guess the elk are all gone now.
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I read John Steinbeck's book about this area and I was anxious to see what it looks like now.
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Fisherman's Wharf
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I visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium on an earlier visit.
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This next stretch will have several State Parks and it should be easy to move as the mood moves me.
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Be sure to check this area out.
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Use some different muscles and take a hike in Point Lobos State Reserve.
In researching, I was reminded that Edward Weston, a famous photographer during the early 20th century used this area as a base for a time period.  I love his work. Check it out.
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This is a trail in Garapata State Park. You can enjoy the beach and the coastal redwoods. There are road pull off parking spots.
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Point Sur State Historic Park
Like in Michigan, lighthouses get placed in places that are hard to navigate by ship.  
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Andrew Molera State Park is another place along the Big Sur Coast.  The conditions is considered the most reliable in the area by surfers.
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McWay Falls at Julia Pfieffer Burns State Park.
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Lime Kiln State Park
I had not heard of a lime kiln and I grew up in the limestone area of Indiana.  For three years, 1887-1890, a company quarried the local limestone and heated it in these kilns to extract the lime.  From here it was placed on ships.  
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Prewitt Ridge State Park
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