{"id":1590,"date":"2021-04-15T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.russbishop.com\/blog\/?p=1590"},"modified":"2021-04-15T12:52:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T19:52:59","slug":"point-lobos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/point-lobos\/","title":{"rendered":"Point Lobos"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7778\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.russbishop.com\/portfolio\/G0000RdAe0qZnlMY\/I0000LMnooCLT8oA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7778 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rbishop_939063da.jpg\" alt=\"Rocky cliff along the Cypress Grove Trail, Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, California\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1063\" srcset=\"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rbishop_939063da.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rbishop_939063da-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rbishop_939063da-1050x698.jpg 1050w, http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rbishop_939063da-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rbishop_939063da-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rbishop_939063da-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rbishop_939063da-640x425.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocky cliff along the Cypress Grove Trail, Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, California<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Point Lobos State Reserve on the Big Sur Coast south of Carmel is the quintessential California seaside location. Once the haunt of luminary local residents Edward Weston and Ansel Adams, its rocky cliffs, cypress groves, pebbled beaches, and blue lagoons provide an endless variety of photographic opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/montereybay.noaa.gov\/\">Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary<\/a> its waters are home to abundant sea life including the endangered sea otter and California&#8217;s state fish, the garibaldi making it a favorite with divers. Extensive trails wander through rare groves of Monterey Cypress, which only occur here and in the nearby town of Monterey, and are the classic wind-swept symbol of the central California coast.<\/p>\n<p>Exploring the Big Sur area provides a wealth of natural history opportunities and a visit to Point Lobos is a highlight of any trip.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Russ Bishop\/All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Point Lobos State Reserve on the Big Sur Coast south of Carmel is the quintessential California seaside location. Once the haunt of luminary local residents Edward Weston and Ansel Adams, its rocky cliffs, cypress groves, pebbled beaches, and blue lagoons provide an endless variety of photographic opportunities. As part of the Monterey Bay National Marine &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/point-lobos\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Point Lobos&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,8,20,80],"tags":[65,15,532,67,66,701,80],"class_list":["post-1590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-landscape-photography","category-nature-photography","category-travel","category-wildlife","tag-big-sur","tag-california","tag-carmel","tag-monterey-bay-national-marine-sanctuary","tag-pacific-ocean","tag-point-lobos-state-reserve","tag-wildlife"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}