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Jade Pebble
Summer Fun Along the Southern California Coastline Road Trip
Last time, we cruised along the Northern California Coastline; now it's time to rev up your Road Trip Planner and zip along the southern coastline to complete your own California Cruisin' Dream Trip.
We left off in one of my favorite areas, Big Sur. Simply put -- and the main reason to include this in your road trip planning -- Big Sur offers stunning views. It's that stretch of highway where land meets sea in a jaw-dropping way because the Santa Lucia Mountains rise like colossal sentries from the Pacific Ocean.
I recommend staying on Highway 1 for an unforgettable coastal road trip. This way, your Road Trip Planner will include highlights like hiking at Limekiln State Park, and treasure hunting at Jade Beach, one of the few places in the world where you can find quality Jade strewn about like pebbles.
Settle into your road trip with a scenic drive along the Cabrillo Highway till it turns into the San Luis Obispo North Coast Highway. Soon you'll find San Simeon, home of the opulent Hearst Castle. Hearst Castle is the palatial estate built by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. It's one of the largest of historic house museums in the U.S. and well worth the ticket price for the informative tour.
From here, suggested places to add to your road trip planner are Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, and Pismo Beach (a popular ATV camping spot because of all the sand dunes).
Now here's where I'll recommend cutting over to Highway 101 to discover a California city with a decidedly Danish twist, Solvang. I found it utterly charming, with stores offering delicate lace and handmade quilts, Danish cuisine in quaint restaurants, and a European flavor to the buildings lining the main streets. Of course, you'll see the ocean again once you head into Santa Barbara, a quintessential California coastal city.
Below Oxnard, you'll find the sexy city of Malibu, full of opulent homes on the lolling hills and beautiful bodies on the beaches. Be sure to enjoy the Santa Monica Pier as you continue south. It's a fun place to spend the evening. But you'll definitely daylight to people-watch the myriad of characters found at Venice Beach.
By now, you're in the thick of Southern California, a region where sunglasses, shorts, and flip-flops are the main attire. Another well-to-do city is Newport Beach, worthy of inclusion in your road trip planner. A delightful surprise on my last trip south was the Dana Point Harbor, one of the prettiest harbors I've come across in my journeys. Nearby, you'll find San Juan Capistrano, another great cultural stop, this time with a Spanish twist, as you stroll the grounds of the California icon, Mission San Juan Capistrano.
If you want to taste the salt air & be completely surrounded by water, then add to your road trip planner a stop near Newport Beach and hop a ferry to Santa Catalina Island & explore the appealing city of Avalon. This is a popular cruise stop destination so you can enjoy glass-bottom boat rides, take a trolley car up to some lush gardens, or enjoy snorkeling to the left of the pier (on the pier, facing land).
Now it's San Diego time, the biggest southern city before you hit the Mexican border! There you'll find a thriving city with distinct areas like Little Italy, the Gaslamp Quarter, and Balboa Park. Include in your road trip plans a fun side trip by driving to an island, compliments of the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge. You'll easily spot the famous Hotel Del Coronado, a sprawling white and red-roofed resort, which housed Presidents, movie stars & tycoons in its illustrious past. From there, scoot along the Silver Stand Highway just for the sheer enjoyment of cruising a highway flanked by water on both sides. For even more fun, enjoy a sunset gondola ride and pretend you're in Venice, Italy! From there, you're less than 5 miles from the Mexico border with San Ysidro being the southernmost community.
So there you have it. Between this blog and Cruisin' The California Coastline Road Trip - Part I, you've now hugged the California coastline from stern to bow, complete with side-trips only the locals know about. To do this road trip justice, I'd recommend at least two weeks. But however you fill your Road Trip Planner, you're guaranteed awesome photos, spectacular sunsets, and a lot of cool cruisin!
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can I pot baby jade plant with other succulents?
I was just given a baby jade plant. I would liketo put it in larger plant with another succulent (aloe, cacti,). I've never cared for succulents so don't know what wouls be a "good mix." Also want to cover with decorative pebbles if possible. Any info, picutures, links would be great!
Yes, I do it all of the time. I have a jade growing with aloe, hens and chicks and other succulents in about 5-6 different containers. I usually plant the tallest growing one in the middle and then put the ones that stay closer to the ground all around it. My succulents take a lot of abuse because I forget to water and fertilize them and they thrive in a semi-desert zone. Check out the hgtv website in the landscaping section for some ideas.
4" Smooth Green NEPHRITE JADE Beach Pebble-Big Sur CA