Day 3 a.m.: a pretty butterfly, a little creekside reading, and a roadside picnic down the coast (at a little spot called Seven Steps with a picnic bench and waterfall). We had a 10-mile stretch of Hwy 1 nearly to ourselves because of the road closures due to mudslides during the rainy season. This was a once-in-a-lifetime trip when it comes to peace and solitude and escape paired with perfect weather on the central coast!