Big Sur Daytripping

Jen: This weekend we took a day trip to Big Sur/Andrew Molera State Park and went for a pretty awesome hike. It was 5 miles round trip, 2.5 to the top and 1300 foot climb. The day was beautiful - sunny, crisp and cool - great hiking weather! It has snowed the night before at sea level and we still saw traces of it as we drove down the coast. Once we got to the top, it actually started snowing on us! "This is better than rain!" we said, as the tiny snow balls bounced off our clothes and landed on the ground. And then for the decent... you don't realize how hard you've worked your body until you start using those muscles to brase yourself as you go downhill. Within minutes of getting to our car there was a huge downpour of huge wet drops of rain! We made it back in the nic of time (as my mom would say)! We dried off and changed (in the van of course) and headed down the coast a bit further to have lunch at one of our favorite restaurants of all time - Napenthe! Two Ambroisa burgers please and a warm seat by the window! Gorgeous, vast ocean views, a glass of wine (or beer, in Kyle's case) and the feeling of accomplishment. On our way back we both were feeling full from lunch and warmed by our beverages, so we decided to park the van at a look out along the coast and take a nap! Yep, my first time sleeping in the van. I was a little sceptical that I would even fall asleep, with noise and distraction from the wind and passing cars on the road... but that didn't seem to be an issue.
Here are a few photos from our hike...