Name: The Secret Military Road to Big Sur | California Motorcycle Road Trip (Day 4)
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Welcome back to our California motorcycle adventure.

Bikes are packed up, and we're gonna grab a coffee before today's adventure starts.

So you might know, as of summer 2017, the road to big sur, the pacific coast highway, is closed on both the north and the south.

A lot of people think it's impossible to get there.

But there is a way, and we're gonna show it to you by taking the following steps.

Okay, so most people are assuming that big sur is closed because of landslides that took out bridges up in the north and also mudslides and closed the road to the south.

There's a ton of parts that are closed and restricted to only locals traffic.

However, there is a road called the Ferguson naccimiento road that we're going to try to take a day.

It should drop us down a really narrow canyon and put us right out on the coast and hopefully have it to ourselves.

Because big sur is all about solitude, which is a rare commodity these days.

All right, brother, you ready for another great day riding?

For my taste, I preferred the wine culture of san ynez.

San luis obispo so far, sticks out to me as one of the best places that we've been.

You know, they have the university there, and they have a lot that.

A lot of the same things that paso robles has, but

just kind of catering towards more of our demographic, you know, look at these houses, though.

Paso robles developed a lot in the 1920s.

There was a pianist, A polish pianist, who helped kind of cultivate wine and bring this on.

The national and international reputation as a wine destination.

In addition to being the natural hot springs that it always was.

So today we are heading out of paso robles, Making our way to big sur.

Problem is that the highway is closed, like we've said.

So we're taking a back route through the mountains, through an army base.

We've heard from other motorcyclists that it's really, really fun road, very remote, and

I think that it's one of those situations where what might seem like a roadblock is actually an invitation to get off the beaten path, to try a new, new way there.

And in the process, hopefully discover something even better.

You know, confucius once said that open roads are meant for journeys, not destinations.

We just pulled over at, like, the one store out here in the middle of nowhere.

It's 90 plus degrees right now, but it seems like all the motorcyclists are doing the same thing.

Just trying to figure out where the next gas station is, because there is one until we get to Big Sur.

So use one of your little spares, fuel reserves that we have to use to get over the mountains.

I really enjoyed this section of the ride because it's just kind of like I never knew that this part of California existed.

It's just like the mountain ranges inland from the coast where the climate's different.

But just on the other side is Big Sur and the Pacific coast highway.

That guy's bike set off that person's car alarm.

And it's like 100 degrees right now, so get it while you can.

So it looks like we've just entered fort hunter liggett.

Welcome to fort hunter liggett, Ladies and gentlemen.

We just stumbled upon this awesome mission, Mission San Antonio de Padla.

Right next to Fort Hunter Liggett, actually on Fort Hunter Liggett.

Apparently it's the third mission in California, and

we grew up next to the first one, which is in San Diego.

And it just shows you that, like, the interior of California back in the day was really, really integral to this ranching culture which kind of formed the history of early California.

At one point, there were things 1300 native from the Salinas tribe here with the missionaries.

And if we hadn't had this detour, there's no way that we would have.

It's all being restored and earthquake proof, so should be around for another couple hundred years.

Go take a little walk through here, but continue on to Big Sur.

Well, we've been driving up the road a little bit and we've just found this beautiful little river.

It's super hot today, so should we take a Swim.

There's just tons of wasps, and I just got stung twice.

So it's hard to meditate when you're getting stung.

But, you know, after four days on the road, this is the day when I really feel like we are sinking into the moment, really appreciating the here and now, not worrying about what comes next, what happened in the past, just being present.

So even though I'm swarmed by bugs, it's still nice to be here.

we just passed a sign that says road close six miles ahead on Highway 1.

So although we can see Big Sur in the distance, it's shrouded in clouds and mystery.

we're not sure how much of the coast we can explore.

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