I started my morning off by immediately getting lost trying to find Carmel Beach. I eventually found the beach and had a wonderful walk through the beautiful white sand. Carmel Beach is an incredibly rare off-leash dog beach and it was absolutely wonderful to watch Luna and all the other dogs running happily free in the sand. Luna seemed a bit starved for stranger admiration, so kept running up to everyone she saw; one woman she spent quite awhile with being told what a wonderful, special dog she is, she was absolutely blissed out until she realized that their dog was getting the same treatment from me, she was so torn she had to tell us about it with some of her husky like vocalization. “Wow, what a very special dog you have” the woman said to me earnestly several times as she showered Luna with love, I definitely agree.
After the beach we headed off to Los Padres National Forest, which was only a couple hours away. We did make several stops on the way to enjoy the incredible views that Big Sur provides. Seeing the sign for the campsite I had found online the night before, I turned off the highway and drove up and up and up the winding road that had constant blind corners and not really enough room for two vehicles. It was kind of unnerving looking over the edge of the road right next to my car and seeing endless clouds below as I drove. After around 13 km I gave up looking for the campsite, I was in the middle of nowhere with a dwindling tank of gas, becoming slightly carsick, it was getting dark and the campsite was supposed to be only 11 km off the highway. I turned back and found a great dog friendly campsite just off the highway only minutes away from the road I had left to begin my hour-long detour. The ocean is right across the highway from the campsite, so I can hear it from my vehicle. We had just the perfect amount of time for me to heat up my dinner on my camp stove and set up my vehicle for the night before darkness arrived. There is supposed to be a fantastic beach right across the road so I am looking forward to checking that out in the morning!
I am attempting to take photos of myself as well, I'm new to this whole selfie thing!
Above the clouds
I started my morning off by immediately getting lost trying to find Carmel Beach. I eventually found the beach and had a wonderful walk through the beautiful white sand. Carmel Beach is an incredibly rare off-leash dog beach and it was absolutely wonderful to watch Luna and all the other dogs running happily free in the sand. Luna seemed a bit starved for stranger admiration, so kept running up to everyone she saw; one woman she spent quite awhile with being told what a wonderful, special dog she is, she was absolutely blissed out until she realized that their dog was getting the same treatment from me, she was so torn she had to tell us about it with some of her husky like vocalization. “Wow, what a very special dog you have” the woman said to me earnestly several times as she showered Luna with love, I definitely agree.
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