Aaahh yes, this brings back memories... "Winding road next 72 miles."
Most of the time we spent going up and down the coast, we would bypass Big Sur, just because it takes so long to get through it. But every once in awhile, you had to go just lose yourself.
Surfed it many times, and chances are, there would be no one but you and your buddies on the beach, but you were a long, long way from help if something happened.