Following Highway 1 south from Cayucos, past Morro Bay, take the exit to South Bay Blvd. About 4 1/2 miles down the road, you will enter the tucked-away hamlet of Los Osos (Spanish for "the bears'). Behind Los Osos is a small mountain range covered with sage and manzanita brush, eucalyptus trees and Los Osos oaks, and, during the late spring, a variety of flowering plants...