The beauty of California's central coast

Along the coast of central California, mountain ranges close to a mile high (4.8km) rise from the surface of the Pacific Ocean offering picturesque views that are guaranteed to steal your attention. Well worth the 2 to 3 hour motorcycle ride from San Francisco, CA., this place is famously known as Big Sur. 

We left San Francisco on I 280 S and connected to US 101 S, pretty smooth in terms of road conditions and traffic flow for a Sunday morning ride. US 101 is the longest highway in California offering wide lanes for the rider. We merged on to CA 156 W to get to on to the most scenic ride along CA 1/ Cabrillo Highway offering coastal views of Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur (above).

It was great riding with my brother Alan and Edward. The 3 of us have some Filipino roots and our own unique personalities, we find a pleasing amount of happiness in riding motorcycles. The motorcycle riding community has different personalities, the most evident being Sport Bike riders and Harley Davidson riders. Today was the first time I ever saw both personalities riding together, that's because my brother and I had Sport (Street/Touring) Bikes and Ed had his Harley.

It would be nice if the world's religious advocates could just ride together and put their personalities and differences behind them. Life is short, and their is so much beauty to be discovered.