California Coast - part 1

since we weren't able to find camping spot we got a hotel in Monterey. we were in San Simeon so we had to drive back up the coast which I didn't mind one bit. we ended up driving it 3 times on this trip. 

  we stopped at McWay falls one of the few in the US that flows directly into the ocean. we saw it last time we were in Big Sur but I can't get enough of it.

next stop- the Bixby Canyon bridge!

we stayed in Monterey that night and that evening we walked down the downtown area. we ate tasty sandwiches for dinner and met a cool bartender there. he was holding the cutest puppy and he said he worked at a bar in Big Sur. I thought it was way cool that he got to live in Big Sur but he might live in Monterey and drive there for work. meeting new people is one of my favorite things about traveling.