Morro Bay: New kids on the Rock

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If you're coming up the highway 1 up from Santa Barbara straight to the north, you will have the first affaire with the pacific ocean when you drive to Pismo Beach, a small town two hours north of Los Angeles, that has a strand like no other place in die US of A. here you can drive your car down to the water and into it: the yellow sand is your highway, the waves are your tarmac.

It's a feeling like to sail along the dunes, the beach is empty and wide, the wind blows and the water splashs and the machine roars. Now we have to go further, right back on track for 25 miles. In Morro Bay another wonder is waiting.

"The Rock", as the locals call it, sticks out of the rugged coastline like an oversized stalagmite. The 177 meter high "Morro Rock" is an important landmark for shipping and the landmark of the small town of Morro Bay. Morro Bay has long been a trendy surfing destination, but has retained the sleepy charm of earlier times. The residents of the small coastal community take it always easy and relaxed.

There is everything surfer, motor tourists or any other kind of travellers needs: a supermarket, a Mexican restaurant, a cinema, a surf shop and the "Carla's Country Kitchen". Whoever enters this with wet hair will be given a completely natural "How were the waves?" welcomed.

In the morning, the surf community meets in the parking lot next to the "rock". From here, surfers have the extensive "Morro Bay" in view - and can plan their rides, because a surfable wave breaks almost always.

Near the harbor you see the other kind of beauty too. Three giant chimneys drill into the sky, it's the landmark of a coal-driven powerhouse that may shock someone who walks to the "The Rock". But it is the only dark spot on this bright coastline. Further north of Morro Beach, away from th view of the one and only Morro Rock are more fantastic bays, because the coastal strip north of "Morro Bay" is one of the most beautiful on the California coast. Here you should not only surf, but also like climbing. The path to the waves often requires an extended walk.

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