Carmel ⇄ San Simeon

Sebastian's General Store → Point Lobos, or the other way · 43 stops

Ninety miles of the Cabrillo Highway, told by someone who lived on it. The gold rush above Gorda, the lighthouse keepers, the Master Builder at Deetjen's, the place of healing at Esalen — and the family valley at Plaskett Creek, held since 1869.

Who's talking: Mabel Plaskett — the coast's own columnist (1950s–60s), in a voice made to read her words; her grandson Bill opens the drive

43 narrated stops, Carmel ⇄ San Simeon, either direction
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The moving map, with the active fires drawn and dated
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