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Decided to take a drive down Nacimiento-Fergusson road yesterday. Sunny, 73آ°F, no wind, and because it was a workday, damn near no traffic. Went through Hollister along 25, the Airline Highway, and had carne asada tacos in King City for me, and some Valero 91 for the car. Through W.R. Hearst's old hunting ground, Fort Hunter Liggett Army Base, and then over the green bridge...
...across the meadow (must be even more gorgeous in Spring)...
...then into the "roller coaster" section into the Los Padres National Forest...
...stopped for some water at this turn-out, just shy of Cone Peak road at about 2700 feet elevation, and then back into the tree tunnels...
...and, after another stop just to take a photo at this ocean view turnout, the descent begins...
...the descent continues...
...equal slope on both sides of the road: one side up, the other down, and no guardrails...
...practically the same shot, but it was just such epic weather, road, view, etc. ...
...mirror shows the road behind, and you can see where the road ahead switches back (this is near the bottom)...
...and the intersection of Nacimiento-Fergusson road and PCH. Wow, what a ride!
I was amazed at how few other cars I encountered. Only saw one descending as I was, and he was stopped at the ocean view turnout, but was preparing to leave just as I arrived. Saw maybe 3 to 5 cars traveling in the opposite direction the whole way, and the road is about 24 miles long. Because at this point it was still early in the afternoon on a late October Friday, there was also very little traffic on PCH Northbound from here until Big Sur, where I actually had to share the road with other cars. PCH has a temporary stoplight where it goes to one lane only where they are building a new bridge and tunnel near a persistent rock slide area. I got bored of waiting after a while, so I snapped a photo over my shoulder looking back South along PCH...
...and then one more shot taken at a vista point stop where I pulled over to get some of the gravel out of the footwell and my seat that had accumulated slowly over the drive, but got to the point of being a driving hazard after going through that construction area...
A great solo blat! If you go there in your Seven, and you should, remember: don't speed on the Army base, watch out for the many rocks in the road, don't mess up (it's a l-o-n-g way down!), and give me a call to see if I can join you.
...across the meadow (must be even more gorgeous in Spring)...
...then into the "roller coaster" section into the Los Padres National Forest...
...stopped for some water at this turn-out, just shy of Cone Peak road at about 2700 feet elevation, and then back into the tree tunnels...
...and, after another stop just to take a photo at this ocean view turnout, the descent begins...
...the descent continues...
...equal slope on both sides of the road: one side up, the other down, and no guardrails...
...practically the same shot, but it was just such epic weather, road, view, etc. ...
...mirror shows the road behind, and you can see where the road ahead switches back (this is near the bottom)...
...and the intersection of Nacimiento-Fergusson road and PCH. Wow, what a ride!
I was amazed at how few other cars I encountered. Only saw one descending as I was, and he was stopped at the ocean view turnout, but was preparing to leave just as I arrived. Saw maybe 3 to 5 cars traveling in the opposite direction the whole way, and the road is about 24 miles long. Because at this point it was still early in the afternoon on a late October Friday, there was also very little traffic on PCH Northbound from here until Big Sur, where I actually had to share the road with other cars. PCH has a temporary stoplight where it goes to one lane only where they are building a new bridge and tunnel near a persistent rock slide area. I got bored of waiting after a while, so I snapped a photo over my shoulder looking back South along PCH...
...and then one more shot taken at a vista point stop where I pulled over to get some of the gravel out of the footwell and my seat that had accumulated slowly over the drive, but got to the point of being a driving hazard after going through that construction area...
A great solo blat! If you go there in your Seven, and you should, remember: don't speed on the Army base, watch out for the many rocks in the road, don't mess up (it's a l-o-n-g way down!), and give me a call to see if I can join you.
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