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usonian

(26,311 posts) Tue Apr 28, 2026, 11:59 AM Apr 28

Tight Curves and Wide Horizons: The Return of Highway 1 (NYT)

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/travel/california-highway-1.html
https://archive.ph/2026.04.28-093725/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/travel/california-highway-1.html#selection-4463.0-4463.55

By Finn-Olaf Jones
Visuals by Jason Henry
April 28, 2026Updated 8:25 a.m. ET

Actual opening date was Feb 14.

Nice pictures.
I'll go take a look at my own Highway 1 photos.
If I can find them on all these disk drives.
All labeled DSCN####, which is not very helpful.

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Tight Curves and Wide Horizons: The Return of Highway 1 (NYT) (Original Post) usonian Apr 28 OP

The area in and near Big Sur is magica! lark Apr 28 #1

I have a great photo like that. Somewhere in the DSCN's usonian Apr 28 #2

Big Sur played a major role in my love life. I took... NNadir Apr 28 #3

lark

(26,105 posts)

1. The area in and near Big Sur is magica!

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 12:55 PM

Apr 28

I was hiking in the spring and came to a clearing. One side was the mountains and trees and a meadow full of purple flowers - think they were Columbines. One the right side was the mountains going down to the sea, not many trees but meadows full of orange and yellow Ca. Poppies. I will never forget that wonderful sight!

usonian

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2. I have a great photo like that. Somewhere in the DSCN's

Reply to lark (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 01:05 PM

Apr 28

I'll keep looking for it.

Just gorgeous.

NNadir

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3. Big Sur played a major role in my love life. I took...

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 01:06 PM

Apr 28

...my future wife there the first time we traveled together.

I have never forgotten our first - but definitely not our last - night there. We rented a beautiful little cabin situated in a grove of redwoods, isolated with a hot tub outside.

It was the best night of my life up to that point, to be followed by many other "best nights of my life," all of them involving her, some of which were also in Big Sur.

Sigh...

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