California, 10th November, Lime Kiln State Park

We had our usual late lunch and the time was getting on. On our way north we saw a signpost to Limekiln State Park, so we thought that this would be something a little different to all the coastal stuff we had done recently.
It was still overcast, and once we had got into the wooded paths of the park, a little depressing. We trundled along through the mud and spent pine needles to a small waterfall. The guide book said it should be a 'magnificent 100ft-high waterfall' but in these days of drought the fall was reduced to a trickle. We then went to see the limekilns themselves, built to manufacture lime from limestone for the cement industry. Buildings from Monterey to San Francisco were raised using lime created in these woods. An unfortunate consequence of the kilns is that all the old trees were chopped down to fuel them.
It was getting quite late when we left the park and so we went straight to our booked place at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, bypassing a couple of key sites on the way. We resolved to have a predawn start and catch up on these the next day.

A last look at the ocean before driving to our beds.