The first two days at Big Sur have been amazing. The morning fog washed away by the afternoon and Jess and I took a trail down the cliff and made our way to the water. We rock scrambled our way up and down and explored the coastline for a few hours. After we got some lunch in our stomachs, we headed to Pfeiffer beach for a few hours which is a cool sandy beach spot ( 10$ - ouch.) Today we will be exploring a few waterfalls and taking a couple of trails within our campground (Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park). The trails lead you through the big beautiful alluring coastline redwoods. The redwoods are unlike anything I have ever seen and truly make you feel pint sized. With the morning fog and the large redwoods rising up hundreds of feet surrounding you, it truly feels as if you are in a dreamland.
The Pacific Coast Highway truly is America’s most beautiful scenic highway. The winding road along the cliff face overlooking the lightly colored greenish blue ocean is surreal. The landscape is so charming and I can safely say Big Sur has me lured in. The only downfall I see and I must write this because it really is unfortunate. I pulled up to a gas station yesterday at the price was 6.77$ a gallon! That’s highway robbery, no pun intended. French toast at a local restaurant that Jess and I went to check out was 19$! I understand raising prices because of the touristy area, but the prices here are absolutely disgusting. I don’t mind paying for good food and I never complain about gas prices, but that is ridiculous. Otherwise the natural beauty certainly makes up for any downfall.
Tomorrow we head to Yosemite National Park, I am so excited.
Leaving this upcoming Tuesday for our first stop - The Great Smoky Mountains National Park! Lots of packing to take care of as well as double and triple checking the teardrop camper.
I’ll be sad leaving Richmond, such a cool city. Great people, great restaurants, great history and lots of fun outdoor stuff to do on the James. It’s also in a great location being just a short drive from Shenandoah National Park as well as the beach. If you have never been to Richmond, I highly recommend checking it out. Pick up a copy of Colden Issue II for a breakdown of cool spots of Richmond by my homie Darren. http://colden.bigcartel.com
Shout out to my boy Tiny for making the last year and a half of work a bad motorgator.
We built our roaming home this summer and now I’m back in school after an eight year hiatus and it’s so scary/exciting. I still haven’t met anyone but maybe next class I’ll try and say hi.
And Dane and I are confirming what we already knew - less truly is more. Life feels so good when you have little and everything has a purpose and a place.
While travelling in my campervan, I love going for morning walks. The last few mornings I have seen some amazing and spectacular dew covered spider webs
When living in your home on wheels, don’t forget to walk outside and appreciate what’s around you. This is from my campervan travel blog
While travelling in my campervan, I love going for morning walks. The last few mornings I have seen some amazing and spectacular dew covered spider webs
Currently parked in my parent’s driveway while my dog gets better. They have acreage and it’s gorgeous land (and house). I feel like I’m in a botanical gardens from this photo
Saw this old school Toyota van hanging out in the Buttermilk parking lot… a peek inside revealed it was definitely rigged up to be a mobile mountain pad. I dig it.
The interior of my van is slowly but surely coming along…
I’ll be installing plumbing for the sink next, as well as making some curtains. Then, building a new bed frame, installing solar, finishing off drawers for the shelves, and (hopefully) putting in a 12v fridge. Ideally before Summer!