Greeting For The First Sunday In August

The name "Big Sur" is derived from the original Spanish-language "el sur grande", which translates as "the big south", or from "el país grande del sur", "the big country of the south". And so it seemed to early settlers in Monterey. The coastal area to their south was huge and unexplored, and its coastline was especially treacherous to ships.

Some people assume that Big Sur is a state or national park. Though there are state parks in Big Sur, including two with the word "Sur" in their names, they cover only a small fraction of the Big Sur region of the central California coast, and much of what there is to see and do in Big Sur is not in any of the state parks.

       Did you ever wonder how Big Sur, CA got its name?  I did. Probably if I spoke Spanish it would have been obvious!

        I became interested as a result of the song by Magic Castles.  Big fun indeed! 

        I drove down there one time with a couple of my girls.  It is everything you heard about, a beauteous place.