2021 Carmel & Big Sur

Brave little monarch leaves the cluster

Seal Rock along 17-Mile Drive

Cluster of monarch butterflies on eucalyptus branch

China Cove - Point Lobos Perimeter Trail

Along the Point Lobos Perimeter Trail

Along the Point Lobos Perimeter Trail

Along the Point Lobos Perimeter Trail

Along the Point Lobos Perimeter Trail

Weston Beach - Point Lobos

Weston Beach - Point Lobos

Weston Beach - Point Lobos

Weston Beach Sunset - Point Lobos

Our cozy fireplace at the Carmel Bay View Inn

Monterey Bay Aquarium - Kelp Forest

Kelp Forest residents

Friendly flounder

Wish I had this fish tank

Lolo playing with the Bat Rays

Jellyfish Tank - orange sea nettles

Moon Jellies

Purple-striped jelly

Clever anchovies (or sardines) pretending they are one big fish

John Steinbeck Plaza

Lone Cypress

Dinner at the Treehouse Cafe

Big Sur - Garrapata State Park

Soberanes Canyon Trail waterfall

Big Sur

McWay Waterfalls

Nepenthe Restaurant

Pfeiffer Beach - Keyhole Arch

Herb stalking purple sand on Pfeiffer Beah

Cypress tree on the path to Pfeiffer Beach

Purple sand of Pfeiffer Beach

Images in the purple sand - Pfeiffer Beach

Pfeiffer Beach

The rocks come alive on Weston Beach at sunset

Sunset Weston Beach - Point Lobos

Dinner at the Hog's Breath Inn

Herb strolling along Carmel Beach

Fairy-tale gingerbread houses with stone chimneys and wavy pitched roofs.

Along Carmel's Scenic Bluff Path

Carmel Mission

Carmel Mission Altar with portrait of Juniper Serra

Unnamed graves marked by abalone shells, representing the indigenous people who died here

Carmel Mission Garden