Try and go early on a weekday to get parking. There is always parking on 1 if the lot of full. About a week ago they closed the park at noon due to highwinds so just use caution if you’re going during a stormy time.

My Batur? That boi is still hot. First volcano I ever saw - I hadn’t known it was active and took me a few seconds to realise that those clouds at the peak were pluming out rather being plain old atmospheric…

Beautiful, hope rain continues and less wildfires

Woa, didn't know about that. Very interesting thank you.

Well, not just me, but me and like ten other people—in the California Conservation Corps. Our initials are all carved on the outside of one of the side rail things near the end.

The few homes I remember in the forest are the opposite of what I would call McMansions.

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Beautiful area, I actually took the same picture at the same spot 5 years ago! However yours is a much better quality!

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I made the trail you take to get there! It's a beautiful park.

Edit: Thank you for reminding me of this, actually. This is probably the only worthwhile thing I've ever done in my life. The previous trail was in operation for something like 85 years, so just thinking about how I helped make it possible for probably tens of thousands of people to see this beautiful area, especially one of the only two populations of Monterey Cyprus, has me weeping at a bus stop right now.

Assuming you went recently, do you mind me asking how the traffic and parking was when you went? I'm going in the near future and have never been to the area before so wasn't sure how it is this time of year.

And right down the 1 is Big Sur, one of the most beautiful places on earth. God, I miss living there.

Don't forget the sea otters. I would spend hours just watching them break shells with a rock balanced on their stomach. It's my happy place.

Is this Whalers Cove?

One of the best places along the coast. The tide pools are cool and just great flat hikes all around. There was one day I hiked along the entire outer perimeter one spring or summer when the Big Sur bus would make a stop there and it was just a magical time there. With the recent storms, Point Lobos has remained the most intact and I do recommend checking it out if you’re ever in the area.

No the lichens dont hurt the trees. Lots of trees have fungal diseases called x canker. They develop a sore that leaks sap at the infection site.

SEKI love. I’m an hour from Lobos but have hiked out of Roads End at least a dozen times. Point Lobos can be overwhelmingly crowded.

You want to go home and rethink your life.

It has been quite a while but that place has some great scuba diving. Takes a bit of planning as the number of divers per day is limited but totally worth it.

Thanks for the response. If its a panorama, how do the light align so nicely? Wouldnt each third of the photo look different in the sky?

Why is it always so beautiful where there are no people...

[Trentepohlia](https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Trentepohlia_(alga)). Are they the same thing? Never heard it called cypress canker.

I want to go back but I got bad poison oak from there

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