California's Best Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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convenient general store
selling cold drinks, ice
cream, snacks, camping
supplies and road trip
souvenirs.

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The Drive » Just 2 miles
south of Pfeiffer Big Sur State
Park, about half a mile past
ranger-staffed Big Sur Station,
make a sharp right turn off Hwy
1 onto Sycamore Canyon Rd,
marked only by a small yellow
sign saying ‘Narrow Rd.’ Partly

unpaved, this road (RVs and
trailers prohibited) corkscrews
down for over 2 miles to Pfeiffer
Beach.

5 Pfeiffer Beach
Hidden down a side
road to the sea, Pfeiffer
Beach (%831-667-2315;
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/lospadres;
Sycamore Canyon Rd; per
car $5; h9am-8pm; c#)

is worth the trouble it
takes to reach it. This
phenomenal, crescent-
shaped strand is known
for its huge double rock
formation, through
which waves crash with
life-affirming power. It’s
often windy, and the
surf is too dangerous for
swimming. But dig down
into the wet sand – it’s
purple! That’s because
manganese garnet

TRIP HIGHLIGHT

LARRY DALE GORDON / CORBIS ©

CENTRAL.CALIFORNIA

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(^) BIG SUR

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