The Drive to Pico

The drive in to camp is one of the most scenic drives you will ever take. It begins with a 10 mile drive down northern Big Sur coast on Highway 1 with sweeping vistas of the Pacific Ocean. Poet Robinson Jeffers called this "The Greatest Meeting of Land and Sea" and the road is rated the most scenic in America. Then, you enter the redwood-filled Palo Colorado Canyon and work your way up the historic road into the Los Padres National Forest at 2250' Bottcher's Gap. Then, you begin your descent to the Little Sur River via the dirt camp road with views of Mt. Pico Blanco and Ventana Double Cone before re-entering the old-growth Redwood Forest. The camp road is passable to 2WD vehicles, so pretty much anyone can make it into camp (for years, our program director made the trip in a Toyota Corolla). Please drive safely and use low gear. It's about an hour and a half from Monterey to camp.

Dusty Road (Tune: Country Roads)
Almost heaven, Pico Blanco
Launtz Ridge Mountain, Little Sur River
Life is old there, older than the redwoods
Younger than Mount Pico, blowin' like a breeze

CHORUS:
Dusty road, take me home, to the place where I belong
Pico Blanco Scout Reservation, take me home
Palo Colorado Canyon Road

All the Whammies gather 'round her
Doctor's daughter, stranger to green water
Dark and dusty, spin-art on the sky
Miss the taste of bug juice, moon-pie in my eye

I hear her voice in the morning when she calls me (LARS!)
The generator reminds me of my tent far away
And driving down that dusty road I get the feeling
I should have used the kybo yesterday. Yesterday!