Point Lobos is a fantastic one two or three day trip. You can hike the trails in half a day, but if you spend time looking at the formations, forest, meadows, beaches, waves and all the 6 different types of geology in a couple square miles you can be there a week. These are some of my favorite shots from a few trips. Point Lobos is only 2 hours away. It is just 3 miles past Carmel by the Sea. Take a Lunch and see what Ansel Adams, Edward Weston and many others kept going back for.