It's a gorgeous place. It seduced Henry Miller, lured in Jack Kerouac, and has bewitched generations of travelers with its dangerously beautiful foggy coastal cliffs and its rugged canyons brimming with towering red and green redwood forests. Stephanie and I go there from time to time to hike and unwind; we enjoyed camping there last weekend to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary. The old cliché "pictures can't convey the beauty..." applies to Big Sur.