End of December Travels

On December 28th and 29th, my husband and I headed off for a three day trip to the Big Sur coast. Our first stop was exploring wonderful and beautiful Kirk Creek campground and the surrounding trails.

Site #11

We hiked up a portion of trail across from Kirk Creek campground, but had to turn back due to the sun setting.

The next morning, we ventured down a trail just behind our campsite where we were then rewarded with beautiful views.

Before heading north, we headed to Plaskett/ Sand Dollar Beach area just south of Kirk Creek for a hike along the bluff to the point and back, and then a climb down to the beach.

After taking in the views, we headed north to Pfeiffer Big Sur campground. We squeezed into our spot for the night and took a stroll around the campground.

Our discoveries were the Big Sur Creek and fungus.

In the morning, we took a dog-friendly trail (Pine Ridge trail) that led us up out of the campground into the Ventana Wilderness. We met numerous backpackers heading to the backpacker campground near a hot spring.

We opted for a short hike off a spur trail that ended with this nicely done dead-end. Finding the dog-friendly trail was such a wonderful surprise since the State Park trails are not dog-friendly. Kirk Creek was our favorite campsite and the trail up into the Ventana Wilderness was our favorite trail.