Nacimiento-Fergguson Road (NFR), heading down to the Pacific Ocean: The last bits of the NFR experience are downhill from the high-country of the Santa Lucia Range to sea level at the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH, CA-1) in rugged Big Sur country.
Views towards the Pacific Ocean from the high-country
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Views of the coastal parks, as NFR winds its way down to sea level.
Views of the coastal parks, as NFR winds its way down to sea level.
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| PCH heading north towards Carmel along Big Sur Coast |
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| PCH heading south towards Cambria along Big Sur Coast |
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| Looking down on PCH |
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When you reach the Pacific Ocean, you can either head south towards the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Preserve and Cambria or north towards Big Sur, Carmel, and Monterey.
A recommendation would to head south just a little bit to the town of Gorda, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. A wonderful restaurant, the Whale Watcher Cafe, is waiting for you.
Though the Whale Watcher gets some pretty awful reviews at yelp, we never had a bad experience there. Indeed, this was one of the first places we ate at when we drove cross-country for the first time. Yes, the prices are steep, but this is a very remote location and we never left feeling we were extorted. The burgers and the nachos are great and can be eaten while looking out for passing whales.
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