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Pacific Coast Highway, Monterey to Morro Bay

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Lovely....  MRY is a beautiful place, love the mountain ridges down towards MQO.  Hope to drive that highway some day

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Wow! You had a nice clear day.  Beautiful!

 

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In California, Monterey is mine preferred orbx airport. Great ambiance with the old seaplane parked. The sculpture of a boy with a plane in the hand... Etc.

Following the coast is a good idea too. Nice shots (again)

Mark

Wonderful stretch of The Cali Coast.

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21 hours ago, ryanbatcund said:

Lovely....  MRY is a beautiful place, love the mountain ridges down towards MQO.  Hope to drive that highway some day

Thanks very much for commenting....Have driven this many times...it's an unforgettable experience!

20 hours ago, fppilot said:

Wow! You had a nice clear day.  Beautiful!

 

Appreciate the comment....deep cold Pacific waters is the air conditioning for Southern California!

4 hours ago, ms2 said:

In California, Monterey is mine preferred orbx airport. Great ambiance with the old seaplane parked. The sculpture of a boy with a plane in the hand... Etc.

Following the coast is a good idea too. Nice shots (again)

Mark

Many thanks for commenting.....beautiful views of the ocean with many rocky outcroppings and beaches...very popular sports car racing track Laguna Seca!

2 hours ago, Phantom88 said:

Wonderful stretch of The Cali Coast.

Big thank you for comments....Route 1, Pacific Coast Highway, Big Sur!!!

HLJAMES

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On 2/6/2018 at 9:44 AM, Carlton1971 said:

Wonderful images of California coastline!

Huge thank you for commenting!

HLJAMES

Tasty set of shots here! Must be beautiful to drive this route in a nice car, or a bike! ;-)

Lovely choice for a VFR flight.  When me and my family first moved to California in 1966, we made the mistake of traveling highway 1.  Nice scenery but a lot of mileage to drive up the CA coast, and many hairpin that hug the coastline.

John

11 hours ago, Cactus521 said:

Lovely choice for a VFR flight.  When me and my family first moved to California in 1966, we made the mistake of traveling highway 1.  Nice scenery but a lot of mileage to drive up the CA coast, and many hairpin that hug the coastline.

John

;-) Beautiful place for sure! And my favorite part of the US.

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On 2/7/2018 at 10:03 PM, Mik75 said:

Tasty set of shots here! Must be beautiful to drive this route in a nice car, or a bike! ;-)

Thanks very much for commenting...the rocky coastline is very photogenic!

On 2/8/2018 at 11:02 AM, Cactus521 said:

Lovely choice for a VFR flight.  When me and my family first moved to California in 1966, we made the mistake of traveling highway 1.  Nice scenery but a lot of mileage to drive up the CA coast, and many hairpin that hug the coastline.

John

Appreciate the comment.....1966...the sports car era....we used to love those roads!

20 hours ago, Mik75 said:

;-) Beautiful place for sure! And my favorite part of the US.

Big thank you   coastal mountain ranges and rocky coastlines are spectacular!

HLJAMES

1 hour ago, HLJames said:

Big thank you   coastal mountain ranges and rocky coastlines are spectacular!

Have you yet been to Morro Bay? I have from a Morro Bay a photo of the Morro Rock taken from a motel a block off the waterfront at sunset. Have about 300 photos in my collection that are keepers so to speak.  Its in my top 20!  There are a couple of others in that category taken between Morro Bay and Monterey. 

Chagrin that I never saw that stretch of landscape from 172 or 337 "viewing altitude" in real life.  Even commercial routes I traveled when I lived in Orange County, all at cruise altitude from say Portland or Seattle or San Fran to LAX or SNA, fail to pass over that coastline.  They are either off the coast or inland.  The inland routes can offer some great views, mostly more north over the mountains, but not of the coastline like the flight you shared.  Thank you for sharing this one! 

Frank Patton
Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; 
NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener.  
Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126
                       
"I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere

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7 hours ago, fppilot said:

Have you yet been to Morro Bay? I have from a Morro Bay a photo of the Morro Rock taken from a motel a block off the waterfront at sunset. Have about 300 photos in my collection that are keepers so to speak.  Its in my top 20!  There are a couple of others in that category taken between Morro Bay and Monterey. 

Chagrin that I never saw that stretch of landscape from 172 or 337 "viewing altitude" in real life.  Even commercial routes I traveled when I lived in Orange County, all at cruise altitude from say Portland or Seattle or San Fran to LAX or SNA, fail to pass over that coastline.  They are either off the coast or inland.  The inland routes can offer some great views, mostly more north over the mountains, but not of the coastline like the flight you shared.  Thank you for sharing this one! 

Huge thank you......Yes that big open space behind Monterey airport used to be Fort Ord US Army Advanced Infantry...spent 16 weeks there learning how to rumble....also there is Laguna Seca a popular sports car racing track....Did a lot of street racing!

HLJAMES

2 hours ago, HLJames said:

Huge thank you......Yes that big open space behind Monterey airport used to be Fort Ord US Army Advanced Infantry...spent 16 weeks there learning how to rumble....also there is Laguna Seca a popular sports car racing track....Did a lot of street racing!

HLJAMES

Spent many weekends at Laguna Seca during my 24 years in the motorcycle industry. AMA Superbike, World Superbike, and Motorcycle 500 and 250 World Championship before it was renamed to Moto GP.  We would truck in about 30 different model motorcycles and conduct demo rides for spectators who held appropriate motorcycle licenses.  We used the roads to the north and east of the track.  We used to trade off motorcycles with our industry competitors and go for joy rides on each other's products at the end of the days.  Some of the best riding was on roads through the west end of the former fort area, which was expansive.  Great twisty turnys there!

Our trips up there from the Los Angeles area were first through the mountains north of Ojai, and then on coastal route 1 from Santa Maria to Monterey.

Frank Patton
Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; 
NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener.  
Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126
                       
"I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere

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