Monterey Bay as seen from from the dunes of Sand City. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
Monterey State Beach at sunset. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
A lone cypress can be seen on the famous 17-Mile Drive. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
A pair of cyclists ride into the fog on the 17-Mile Drive. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
Tom Watkins and Coco Nolasco enjoy a day trip to Asilomar Beach in a 1961 Ford Galaxie Sunliner. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
Flowers flourish just beyond Point Pinos Lighthouse in Pacific Grove. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
Savannah Castillo, left, and Tessa Eagle wait on a dock of Old Fisherman’s Wharf. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
A dog awaits the return of its owner from a small dock at Old Fisherman’s Wharf. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
A look inside the garden of the historic Robert Louis Stevenson House. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
Beebe, a 7-year-old Saker Falcon, is just one of a handful of hawks and falcons from Tactical Avian Predators that help control the number of seagulls and birds at Pebble Beach Golf Course. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
Celebrating her upcoming birthday, Sally Leighton, with Edward Neathery, takes a moment to consult a map before heading out from the Butterfly Grove Inn, where they were staying. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
Inside one of the Surrey Lane rooms at the Los Laureles Lodge. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
