Point Lobos, Land of Great Rocks

To kick off the New Year, we decided to check out the Point Lobos State Reserve.  (“The Greatest Meeting of Land and Water in the World,” according to their promotional material.)  Thanks for the suggestion, Debora!  We don’t have many photos of both me and Steph, but one thing we did have a lot of at Point Lobos — interesting rocks.

The formations there just struck us as rather strange and alien.

And the terrain seemed to keep changing in nature.

There was definitely a lot of climbing and maneuvering involved.

And every once in a while we needed to take a little break in a nearby cave.  (Okay, so the caves were pretty lame.)

You could pretty much just stare all day out at the ocean.

Or go hunting for starfish in the tide pools.  (Apparently something else found them first.)

It made me feel all warm and fuzzy (and a bit mischievous) to return them to the sea.

We startled a pelican who was camouflaged against the rocks.

We eventually made our way back up to the top.  If you squint, you can still see the pelican!

We went on a trek to find the Hidden Beach.  We found a vast network of tidepools instead.

The sea anemones came out to play.

They look funny when they’re out of the water.

Kind of like a wet sock.

On our way out, we had to cross a grand canyon.

We made it!  It was no challenge at all for Steph.

Thanks for reading!  What other natural wonders of the world should we visit?  =]