Fall 2015 - Day 13: San Simeon, CA - Ragged Point - McWay Falls - 17-Mile Drive, Pebble Beach - Stanford University - Mill Valley, CA

Friday, Sept 18, 2015 - Starting from San Simeon, California, up the coast to Ragged Point, then continue up to McWay Falls (Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park), then 17-Mile Drive at Pebble Beach, then the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, then Mill Valley:

237 miles; 5 hours 29 minutes.

The beautiful California coast:


The view north at Ragged Point:


Some random California cove:


McWay Falls - a waterfall going right down onto the beach and the ocean:



A FUN California van!


Mailed Ellie's postcard at Big Sur, then went on the 17-Mile Drive at Pebble Beach.
Fun Surf:

Beautiful Bays:

and Iconic Trees:


Some beautiful art up at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University:
James David Smillie - Sunset, 1865


William Keith - Sunset on Mount Diablo (Marin Sunset), 1877


Roy Lichtenstein doing a wonderful knockoff on Monet's Rouen Cathedral series:
Rouen Cathedral Set V, 1969


Francesco Guardi - Landscape with Ruins, n.d.


Going over the Golden Gate Bridge, to spend the night with an old friend in Mill Valley:


Thank You GOD for a Great Day!

Music today:

Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1966)


Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)


and, because we are going into San Francisco, I want to hear a local band:
The Doobie Brothers - Livin' on the Fault Line (1977)


The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute (1978)