UPDATE: BOTH LANES OPEN AS OF 2:15

Last time that happened, Ralph and I were stuck for a couple hours and starving. Ended up at Nepenthe with their generator. It was his 82 birthday. Had a great time and a great meal, as always. Wouldn’t be surprised if it wasn’t the same pole!

Incident:

 00175 Type:

 Traffic Hazard Location:

 4700 Mm1 N Mon 47.00 Loc Desc:

 BIG SUR RIVER BRIDGE Lat/Lon:

 36.255726 -121.788337 

Detail Information
12:18 PM	5	[6] A27-012 ALL LANES 1125, SEE IF CT AVAIL FOR SIGNAGE WILL BE EXTENDED CLOSURE
12:15 PM	4	[5] TREE 1125 NB LNS // WIRES ACROSS BTH LNS
12:13 PM	3	[4] FIRE ENRT
12:13 PM	2	[3] STATE PARKS 97 BLOCKING TFRC
12:13 PM	1	[2] TREE DWN AND WIRES ACROSS BOTH LNS
Unit Information

Many of you have written to me about the “dark watchers.” They have been mentioned in stories and poems and by others here on my blog in their comments, along with the mysterious lights out above the horizon over the ocean. I haven’t found a good explanation for the lights, although lots or reasonable sounding theories.

I have found a scientific explanation for the Dark Watchers. Did you know they are found on other mountains, not in Big Sur, like Scotland? Read here to discover the answer science provides:

https://www.iflscience.com/could-the-dark-watchers-of-santa-lucia-and-am-fear-liath-mr-be-the-same-phenomenon-59076

From Sula Nichols:

My dear friend Sean Sweeney’s rendition of the Dark Watcher
(Part of an art installation done on my property)