BEAUTIFUL DESTINATIONS

@chrisburkard writes, "There is no better marriage of land and water than where the mountains meet the sea. The thin grey line you see is Highway 1 carving a small path between the wild Pacific and Santa Lucia mountains." Earlier this week, the Pacific Coast Highway reopened after last year's mudslides heaped six million tons of rock and dirt onto about a quarter mile section of the coastal road in Big Sur. Now, that quintessential drive from San Diego to San Francisco is possible again. (