Global Food Tour

Chapter 385 Everywhere is so beautiful.

Continue to walk, continue to stroll, Zhang Feng came to [South Point (South Point)].

From [Rocky Coast], around the hillside covered with pines and cypresses, and down the stone steps in the mountain, Zhang Feng came to another scenic spot [Southern Corner].The southern corner is a semi-arc bay surrounded by slender rocks. There are many strange-shaped limestones on the land side, some like bears, some like lions, in short, just use your imagination; the side by the sea There is a small piece of soft sandy beach, and layers of waves roll along the bay to form a circular arc, just like a dynamic picture
I saw a rock that looked like a mighty and burly brown bear, and saw another rock, which seemed to be the prelude to playing with "Orchid Finger". A cluster of wild flowers blooming beside the rock added vitality.

"Is it possible to see far away by climbing high? How far can you see this endless sea?" Zhang Feng asked the sky.

【Sea Lion Point】

As the name suggests, there are a large number of sea lions clustered on the reef here.Looking from a distance, they overlap densely, like a wriggling mollusk

【Garrapata State Park】

After leaving Cape Roberts State Reserve, Zhang Feng drove past [Grapata State Park]. Because of the itinerary, Zhang Feng could only stop at the periphery of the park for a while, and did not go deep into the trail to go to the coast.

If you have time, you can hike along the winding trails of Grapatta State Park to the ocean and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the rising and falling tides along the coast.

[Bixby Bridge] - One of Big Sur's landmarks
Along the winding Highway [-], you will come to the [Bickbees Bridge], which has appeared millions of times in car advertisements. It may be the most photo-shared scenic spot along Big Sur on social media.You can park at many forks and enjoy the view of the bridge from different angles.

Built in 1932 at a cost of only about $20, this concrete bridge span is the tallest bridge of its kind in the world, 85 meters from the bottom of a steep canyon carved out of [Bixby Creek].Bixby Creek was named after Charles Henry Bixby, a lumber merchant from New York who arrived on the Monterey Peninsula in 1868 and bought a large tract of land.The Bixby Bridge was completed on October 1932, 10. This concrete arch bridge is 15 meters long, the roadbed is 218 meters wide, 7.3 meters high, and the span is 85 meters. It is also the bridge with the longest span in the California highway system. .

Because of its special location and beautiful scenery, the Bixby Bridge is often used in car advertisements and has become one of the most photographed locations on the West Coast.Looking at the steep and broken cliffs of the canyon, it becomes clear that building the bridge was no easy feat.It begins with the construction of a massive wooden frame, to which trucks must haul building materials across narrow one-way roads full of sharp turns.With no heavy machinery to help with the lifting, a staggering 45000 bags of cement were transported by a system of platforms and slings suspended 85 meters above the stream by cables.Interestingly, the bridge span was completed before the road, more than five years before the road linking Carmel to San Luis Obispo opened to traffic.

【Point Sur Lighthouse】

The location of [Point Sur Lighthouse] is obvious, from [Carmel (Carmel)] along the Pacific Coast Highway to [San Simon (San Simon)], near [Point Sur (Point Sur)] , you can see the indicator of [Suer Cape Lighthouse] beside the road.Cape Sur is located in the [Santa Lucia (Santa Lucia) Mountains] stretching out to the Pacific Ocean.Cape Sur is a dangerous place on the coast of California, especially after the mid-19th century, the California Gold Rush greatly increased the shipping volume along the coast, resulting in the destruction of many ships, so a lighthouse was built to guide it.When I arrived here, I learned that the Cape Sur Lighthouse is a lighthouse that needs to be visited by appointment.

[Point Sur Lighthouse] is located on the top of an isolated hill by the sea. There is an iron general guarding the entrance and you cannot visit it privately. It can only be led up the mountain by a guide at a fixed time and must be within a full three hours. After that, you can go down the mountain with the tour team.Zhang Feng can only admire Lulian Island where the lighthouse is located from a distance.

Zhang Feng continued to travel south along the most beautiful highway in California [California Highway [-]]!The next stop is 【Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park】.

The origin of the name [Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park] can be traced back to [John Pfeiffer].John Pfeiffer was the son of Michael Pfeiffer and Barbara Laquet, the Pfeiffer family who immigrated to the Big Sur area from Germany and were the first European immigrants in the area.Pfeiffer began living in the Valley area of ​​the Big Sur River in 1884, and many of Pfeiffer's descendants still live in Big Sur today.

The attractions of this state park are mainly concentrated in the Valley of the [Big Sur River] and its nearby coast.Many people often get confused with [Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park], which is a few miles south of it. [Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park] is known as [McWay (McWay)] waterfall Famous, while [Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park] is best known as [Pfeiffer Beach].

On the way, Zhang Feng met a little girl in a purple skirt who was holding her mother's hand. She and her mother were a beautiful scene on this beautiful beach, and they became a scene in Zhang Feng's camera.

[Pfeiffer Beach] It is about seven or eight kilometers long from north to south. The beach is next to the cliff. It is a very splendid cliff landscape on the Pacific Coast Highway.Standing on the beach, Zhang Feng listened to and felt the echo of the waves beating against the cliff.Pfeiffer Beach is also the legendary [Purple Beach], but under normal sunlight, Zhang Feng did not feel that the sand on the beach had any so-called "purple" color. Some people took pictures of the "purple beach" effect, Zhang Feng thought It's because of the light.

Seeing a little boy sitting alone by the seaweed and playing with sand, Zhang Feng couldn't help but took a few pictures.

Big Sur is known around the world for its majestic, unique cliffs, including Sea Arches, which have been eroded by the waves over time.These sea-eroded arches in Pfeiffer Beach are like a doorway carved in the rock, and the waves come in and out without stopping.

[Pfeiffer Beach (Pfeiffer Beach)] is located about one mile south of (Big Sur Station) in the state park.The entrance to Pfeiffer Beach is just off State Highway [-], and it is not easy to find the entrance because there are no signs.It is a very special and beautiful beach that belongs to the federal [Los Padres National Forest Park].

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