CA: Camping at Big Sur’s Ventana Campground

(Nov. 24, 2016) -- 'I am here to relax' became my mantra as I was driving white-knuckled around the hairpin turns along scenic Highway 1 in early November. Repeating the words in my head was an attempt to ignore my fear of heights being tested as the narrow road ended just to my left with a stomach-churning drop down the craggy cliffs and into the ocean.