It’s because of views like this that my wife and I will never leave here. We are fortunate enough to call Monterey our home.

That's my favorite place. Got to SCUBA there as well.

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Ooh yeah it's hard to compete with Sequoia and Kings Canyon. I hiked to the fire tower in Kings and it was so much fun.

I been wanting to go to there for the longest but haven’t had a reason to travel that far out (Fresno area) when I have sequoia and kings but I might give that hike a try !

I love point lobos. Such an amazing place to see a huge forest smashed up against breathtaking ocean cliffs. I used to live in Monterey and would go to hike in point lobos all the time. I swear on my life there are people living out in those woods. Too much eerie stuff has happened to me in there.

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Dolphins live all along the Monterey Bay, I've seen them several times by the coast in various areas ranging from Bixby Bridge to Sand City. Closest I saw them was when they swam right up to the shore in Carmel beach in the late summer.

I did this a few years ago, it was lovely. Bloody knackered by the end of it though.

I have so many wonderful memories there. I miss California so much.

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Tears form in my eye when I see views like this. Unreal.

Same for me, man. It was years ago now, but same for me.

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This photo makes me want to get in the water, but my brain knows it’s about 20 degrees too cold for me

Love it. Is this the park with all the bird shit on the rocks too?

That so pretty

Great pic!

Always interesting to see a place you grew up show up on reddit and seeing all the comments describing their love for the area :)

Go but Garrapata state park down the way. If you can climb the 1800 feet to the top, you’ll LOVE the climb down. So beautiful!

Always stop here on our way back from big sur camping

Glad someone said it. That’s definitely something not captured in any of the gorgeous photos I took there.

Love this park, especially on sunny days when the water looks like this.