World famous Cannery Row.

A bust of John Steinbeck near waterfront shops along Cannery Row.

Waterfront art at a construction site commemorating the Cannery Row of the 1930's and 1940's.

Waterfront art at a construction site commemorating the Cannery Row of the 1930's and 1940's.

Waterfront art at a construction site commemorating the Cannery Row of the 1930's and 1940's.

Waterfront art at a construction site commemorating the Cannery Row of the 1930's and 1940's.

The Monterey yacht harbor.

The Allan Grove of Cupressus macrocarpa, the Monterey cypress, at Point Lobos State Reserve.

Looking through Monterey cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, to off-lying rocks at Point Lobos.

Looking south down the Big Sur Coastline towards Point Sur. Point Sur can barely be made out in the far distance.

Looking south down the Big Sur Coastline towards Point Sur. Point Sur can barely be made out in the far distance.

Looking south down the Big Sur Coastline towards Point Sur. Point Sur can barely be made out in the far distance.

Gray clouds, black rock and a gray sea at Point Lobos State Reserve.

An islet of Santa Lucia Granodiorite, an erosion-resistant rock that underlies most of the Point Lobos area.

A magnificent headland at Point Lobos as seen through Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa.

A magnificent headland at Point Lobos as seen through Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa. The orange algae growing on the trees is Trentepohlia aurea v. polycarpa, a green alga which is rich in beta carotene. This algae is non-parasitic and generally grows on the side closest to salt spray.

A magnificent headland at Point Lobos as seen through Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa. Compare this photo to http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/c&gs/theb0001.htm . This photo was taken 40 years earlier by the same photographer.

Monterey cypress on a Point Lobos Santa Lucia granodiorite outcrop.

Monterey cypress on a rocky headland on the north side of Point Lobos. Looking towards Carmel Bay and the Santa Lucia Mountains.

Conglomerate of the Carmelo Formation at Point Lobos eroding and leaving behind a tidepool.

Kelp, rocks, and look closely to see the heads of sea lion on the offshore rocks at Point Lobos.

The Big Sur coastline as seen from Point Lobos.

A bed of flowers at Point Lobos.

Kelp, rocks, and look closely to see the heads of sea lion on the offshore rocks at Point Lobos.

Rocks, tidepools and surf at Point Lobos.

Bird Rock at the south end of Point Lobos State Reserve

China Cove at the south end of Point Lobos State Reserve.

A flight of Brown Pelicans - Pelecanus occidentalis - as seen at Point Lobos.

A flight of Brown Pelicans - Pelecanus occidentalis - as seen at Point Lobos.

Looking north along the Big Sur coastline early in the morning. Northwestern slopes still are shaded.

Looking north along the Big Sur coastline toward the Bixby Canyon Bridge.

A long ways down to the ocean along California Highway 1 on the Big Sur coast.

The Point Sur Light Station.

The Point Sur Light Station.

Looking down a pristine beach toward Point Sur.

Looking north along the Big Sur coastline with fog-shrouded peaks.

Bixby Canyon Bridge.

Bixby Canyon Bridge.

A quiet cove (on this day) at Point Lobos.

A quiet cove (on this day) at Point Lobos.

Looking into a tide pool at Point Lobos.

A deer going for a stroll along the ocean's edge at Point Lobos.

A deer going for a stroll along the ocean's edge at Point Lobos or perhaps it was interested in the Carmelo Conglomerate.

A deer going for a stroll along the ocean's edge at Point Lobos.

A deer going for a stroll along the ocean's edge at Point Lobos.

A quiet cove at Point Lobos looking toward Bird Rock.

Looking toward Bird Rock at Point Lobos.

Bird Island Rocks at south end of Point Lobos State Reserve.

Bird Island covered with guano. The black specks on the island are Brandt's Cormorants - Phalacrocorax penicillatus.

Bird Island covered with guano.