Wine, Sun And Seals: A Highway 1 Road Trip

Sunday, August 27, 2017

Morro Rock

It’s hard to compete for the attention of travelers to California when your neighbor to the north is San Francisco, arguably one of the country’s most beautiful cities, and Los Angeles to the south, which, let’s face it, doesn’t have to work hard to get noticed. It’s lucky for Highway 1, that coastal stretch of Central California between those aforesaid cities, that it’s been blessed with enough natural beauty, sandy beaches, esteemed wineries and assorted species of wildlife that it doesn’t have to work all that hard for a place in the spotlight.

After a short stay in Los Angeles and a stop in Santa Barbara to celebrate the 4th of July, my travel partner and I got back in the car and headed north along Highway 1, better known as the Pacific Coast Highway, to began our Highway 1 Discovery Route road trip. Our first stop was the coastal town of Morro Bay.

The drive north to our first stop, Morro Bay, took about two hours, beginning…

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