Magnificent!

Way better in context too, where you can see all the surroundings! I love everything about the whole Big Sur area to death!! I'm so lucky I can get there from home in just a couple of hours.

Beautiful

It is, isn't it? The colors of the water add so much to the scene too!

that's true

It's so pretty, reminds me of some of those Hawaii beaches!

I saw some pools with waterfalls on rivers inland that looked similar but for the sand, but never got to any beaches like that. Of course I was 16 and with my parents most of the time. We did take a one day tour of a bunch of the islands by plane. Landed on a couple. Molokai for one. And they took us for a car tour through Kalaupapa, the leper colony. It was years before I understood why there were no people on the streets as we drove through. Who'd want a bunch of ignorant tourists staring at them because they had a terrible deforming disease. That was sick and I just didn't know it then.

I wish I could've spent more time on those Hawaiian beaches. :)

Yeah, those tours kinda rush you if they're anything like the ones I took down in Cancun. No time for lazing around and just enjoying the ambiance.

Well, it wasn't a tour, we had two days in Honolulu on Waikiki beach, but I could've spent a week there alone. ;)

Did you surf or take a catamaran ride? I'm sure they still do those there.

Neither, but I did swim in the pacific. :)

At home what do you swim in, the gulf?

It would be if the water wasn't gross.

Bummer! You need clean swimming holes!

very beautiful <3

I agree. I've taken so many pictures of this. here's another of my favorite ones that I took years ago. http://puppetdog.deviantart.com/art.....Falls-44201412

so lovely <3<3
and you live there?

Not THERE there. But close enough to go there for a day trip if i want. It's actually 92 miles from my house to this waterfall. I prefer to go for several days as the close to 100 miles of Highway 1 between the city of Monterey and the town of Cambria is all considered part of Big Sur and is gorgeous! I like to roam back and forth out there, going to different places and beaches. There are also lots of wonderful trails back into the Santa Lucia mountains scattered all through that length and a few state parks. And it's basically a wilderness all the way too, even down to the ocean. There's only a few small towns and no cell phone reception or anything out there either. It's like going back 100 years for the most part.

great ^^
I would love to be there <3

If you love great scenery and peace and quiet, you'd love it!

I visit you and you can me show the best places

I'd love to! I know so many great places that are actually close by and are amazing!

^^
I would love you for this

So why aren't you here yet?

I'm in Germany but I will go to US again :3

In the mean time I can you from the distance

Sounds good to me!

such a picturesque place !! ^v^

It sure is!

BTW, I love your new icon!

thanks mumma i love it too !! ^v^

is there any way to get down to the beach without climbing down the cliffs?

Nope. If you're caught on the beach or on the cliffs you'll be cited.

Well, theoretically one could take a small boat or kayak in to it, but realistically there is no place close to put out in a small motorboat or kayak. I've never seen any within miles of there.

It's a lovely area

You said a mouthful!!

Thanks! It's hard to decide what to shoot and how to frame it too. So many lovely places and angles to snap them from!

Thank you. Here is another one of the falls that took from a totally different angle.
http://puppetdog.deviantart.com/art.....Falls-44201412

Thank you! It was early morning and foggy, which is why it looks soft focus down on the beach area.