Archive for July, 2009

MOONSTONE BEACH DRIVE OPENS!!

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Moonstone Beach Drive in Cambria should finally be open this week either by Thursday or Friday after being closed for a little more than a year while they replaced the old 1932 bridge.  With the new, wider roadbed walkers and bicyclists can now walk or ride on either side.  The new bridge has concrete stone piers holding gently rising arches - a great improvement over the old bridge!

In case you aren’t familar, Moonstone Beach is located on the north end of Cambria and is absolutely GORGEOUS!                                   Moonstone Beach State Parklands incompass 30 acres of rugged, scenic beaches, hiking trails and boardwalks. 

The best way to enjoy it is to drive up for lunch.  Stop at one of the little restaurants along Moonstone Drive and have a leisurely lunch watching the birds, seals, whales, and whatever else appears on the horizon.  Then take a nice stroll along the board walk or down on the beach.  Enjoy the sounds, smells and ambiance of the Central Coast while you look for ‘moonstones’.    Keep your eyes open as you may just find a nice piece of jade, sand dollar or driftwood.

 

4th of July - Cayucos Style

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

coldwell-officeCayucos has the absolute best 4th of July celebration!!  It is one of the last small town celebrations

where everyone gets in on the action. 

tipperupperThe small town parade starts at 10 and hosts usually around 65 entries - everything from ‘true’ small town floats to families riding bikes to people walking.  This is such a popular event that people start setting their chairs up on the main drag the Tuesday before the 4th to make sure they get the ‘ideal’ spot. 

The fireworks are shot from the pier and are amazing considering that Cayucos only has about 3,500 full time residents.  You can watch from one of the boats from Morro Bay that anchor on the water just down from the Cayucos peir.    The beach is always a favorite spot for family and friends to gather to dig bon fire pits and wait for the firework.fire-pit

Then if you are really lucky, you know someone who owns one of the beach houses where you can sit on the deck, BBQ, watch people, watch the ocean and then view the fireworks up close and personal.  firepit-2

 

Seriously, next year you need to come!!  But make your hotel reservations early cuz Cayucos does fill up quickly!flags