Visitors are now able to access Esalen as well as other businesses and trails in northern Big Sur via twice-daily convoys on Highway 1 operated by Caltrans.
Convoys run only at 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day. These are the only opportunities to travel into and out of Big Sur, so visitors must plan accordingly.
Danusha Laméris has work published or forthcoming in The Sun, Best American Poetry, The New York Times, The American Poetry Review, and others. Her first book, The Moons of August, was the winner of the Autumn House Press poetry prize. She lives in Santa Cruz, CA.