Engagement Trip to Big Sur and the Napa Valley

[Seth Kendall]

Well, we just finished up a fun adventure up part of the West Coast through Big Sur to the Napa Valley. It was a mix of car camping, backpacking, and enjoying the luxuries of the Napa Valley. There are a lot of pictures of Big Sur since neither of us had been there before, but we spend a lot of time in the Napa Valley so we have very few pictures of that part of the trip. At the beginning of the trip I asked my girlfriend to marry me so there is a fair amount of "us" pictures. Without further ado here is a small review.

This is us starting up the 101

This is as close as we got to Hearst Castle

Asking her hand in marriage at Andrew Molera Beach in Big Sur

Big Sur isn't ugly that's for sure

Wow, Julia Pfeifer State Park

This is the rock.

I don't know what we are so excited about

Just getting to our campsite after hiking in 7-8 miles

The creek below our tent

Camp

 

[Seth Kendall]

continued

Big trees

More creek

Leaving Terrace Creek campsite

Hiking out

This is well under half of what we had to hike across

It was just gorgeous the whole way

Creek that ran just down the way from our Pfeifer Big Sur car camp site

Sunset at 13 Stones lookout at the beginning of the fires

The same sunset without us

The kitchen

 

[Seth Kendall]

more...

Fresh made cappuccino from our Bialleti

Delicious

Packed RAV4

Borrowed GillTi's Engel and it sold us on getting one

There is all our gear including a downhill mtb and a cruiser

Pfeifer State Beach

She's just so pretty

There's a sparkle in our eyes

Rad hole-in-the-wall

 

[Seth Kendall]

coming to the end

Still beautiful

Where road sign to where we got engaged

I like goats instead of lawnmowers

This beer can let me win shoes in one throw... perfect ringer

Me taking a picture of my buddy catching bass at Joseph Phelps Vineyard

 

[stevenmd]

Nice pics. Congrats!

 

[FurthurOnTheFly]

Aww look at you two crazy kids in love! Great pics!

 

[rctr03]

congrats!

 

[targa88]

Great pix - memorable place.
Congrats.

 

[Ursidae69]

Very cool thread. I spent a week in the Big Sur area a few years ago and loved it. Thanks for the great photos and congrats to you two.

 

[olympiccop2002]

Looks like an awesome and unforgettable trip! Congratulations! You look like a very happy couple! :wings:

Bjorn

 

[gillti]

How's Ohio?

 

[hattrik21]

Great pictures and congrats!

 

[Seth Kendall]

Thanks

Thanks everyone for your congratulations and compliments to us. We are very excited to be headed down this new road. I'm also glad that you all enjoyed the pictures. It's amazing what some of these new small point and shoot cameras can do. Still love SLR, but hard to beat the ease and compactness of a good P&S.

Tim,
Ohio is going well. Went to a Reds game tonight against Pittsburgh. Griffey hit the winning homer in the 9th. Pretty awesome considering I used to be Reds fan when I was a small kid. How's the Vespa?