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Highway 1 Dream Drive AUGUST 9, 2018 The iconic coastline drive along Highway 1 has re-opened to travelers! So we’re celebrating with a Highway 1 Dream Drive on Thursday, August 9th. From the Central Coast Tourism Council: Extreme weather in 2017 severely affected the areas around Big Sur and northern San Luis Obispo County, resulting […]

Whale Trail The Whale Trail is a series of sites where the public may view orcas, other cetaceans and marine mammals from shore. Along the Whale Trail you’ll be looking over the waters of one of our nation’s most spectacular marine protected areas, offering some of the best wildlife viewing in the world-including 34 species of […]

Welcome to Cayucos, Highway 1’s Quintessential Beach Town from RoadTrippers No place does effortlessly cool coastal beach towns better than California. And of them all, there’s not a one more effortless or cool than Cayucos. Settled in the 1860s by a ship’s captain, the town remains more or less untouched by large-scale development, leaving its […]

An Essential PCH Road Trip Article Reposted from Roadrippers.com Highway 1 has been called “America’s most scenic drive”…and once you drive it you’ll understand why. Prepare to enter another world of coastal hamlets, lush woodlands, and vibrant small towns. The 101-mile stretch from Ragged Point to Nipomo is also known as the California Highway 1 […]

Discover the best of the Central Coast in Cayucos This blog originally appeared on SF Gate by Story Studio There are places along the Pacific coast that we find only with advanced notice. How often have we driven along Highway 1 and wondered what lies along the coast? Cayucos is just such a discovery. Named […]

Family Reunion Planning Tools at Your Fingertips   By Cheryl Crabtree So, your family has asked you plan a multigenerational reunion and you’re not sure where to start. No worries— log onto the California Highway 1 Discovery Route website and click away. How helpful is the site? Just ask the Donovans, an extended family — […]

Brown Butter Cookie Co. in Cayucos is a must stop By Heather Young Next to the beach, Brown Butter Cookie Company is one of the places I always stop. And every time we go to any beach at all, my 4-year-old daughter asks if it’s the town where the cookie store is. My first experience […]