Archive for August 2003

August 2, Monterey CountyLayover Day at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park and View from a Relief Van Driver Layover Day At Molera State Park, down the dusty trail near the horse stables, is the tiny building housing the Big Sur Ornithological Laboratory.  Here, for the past ten years biologists and volunteers have collected data on songbirds…

August 1: Monterey CountyPoint Lobos to Bixby Bridge. 11.5 miles. Today was self-guided – it was mostly road walking with just a few off-road excursions that were scouted out by Steve Jones. At first we walked by the lands of the Monterey affluent. Gated and walled homes and communities line both sides of Highway One…