John,

If you are interesated in something with more mountain, less beach and
incredible views.

Just South of Big Sur there is some great remote Camping in Los Padres
National Forest.

my favorite spot .......

Make a Left Turn off Highway 1 (going South) around 4-5 miles south of Lucia
onto Nacimiento-Ferguson Road .

Beautiful scenery on the way up.

Follow this paved road approx 12 miles to a junction at the top.

Two dirt roads will intersect Nacimiento-Ferguson Road.

Take the right hand dirt road and travel maybe 5 miles.

At one point there will be a left turn off ..... pass this and stay on the
original road.

Now the hard part .......

At apprx this point the road splits.

Take the left fork a few hundred feet to the top of the hill you see from
the fork.

Stop.

You will be presented with a panoranmic view of  the Coastline or a lovely
grey blanket of fog below.

Absolutley breath taking.

Note .... Camping is primitive .... no facailites and free.

But will need a  National Forest Adventure Pass .....

http://www.r5.fs.fed.us/lospadres/visitor/forest_wide/lpadvpass.html

If you have a GPS system I can give you exact coordinates.

Enjoy,

Larry Chase
85 Westy "RoadHaus"
Phx,  AZ

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Date:    Tue, 30 Jul 2002 23:50:11 -0400
From:    John Tomljenovic <zadar72@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Traveling hwy 1 in CA, where to camp? caravan?

Hello Folks,  The girl and I are taking our westie "Elsa" to the Bay area
for a wedding in late august,  afterwards we'll drive down the coast and
visit some relatives in san diego.  Since we want to go in a slow way, we
fully expect to camp some along some.  Take in some mountain biking where
we can,  hopefully camp on the beach.  Has anyone been there enough to know
any  good campsites along the way?  The rougher and more remote the
better.  Anything else worth stopping for would be bonus.   We will be
traveling hwy 1 the first week of september if anyone is interested to
caravan.

Later......................John Tomljenovic  83.5 westie