Yeah, Big Sur is spectacular. One time my battalion marched from inside Liggett to Highway 1 on the coast, up and over those mountains at Big Sur. It was an absolutely brutal march, about 25 miles, but the views when we got to coast were beautiful.
In general, field problems at Liggett were not fun. We rarely carried sleeping bags so we usually baked in day and froze our asses off at night (Fight Light, Freeze at Night!!).
1. Fort Knox, Kentucky. Beautiful post. Outstanding quarters provided. Excellent schoolhouse. Close to fun in Louisville (most underrated city in America IMHO).
2. Fort Hood, Texas. Excellent place filled with two -- count 'em -- TWO fully armed combat divisions. A joke in my peer group when I was stationed there was... "Who's got the most powerful Army in the world? Why, the US of course. OK, who's got the second most powerful? The III Corps commander at 'the Hood.'"
3. Fort Irwin, California. Desolate. Remote. Hot. Dusty. Coyote-infested. And the best damn training site anywhere. Realistic, combat-oriented training against an outstanding OPFOR. I went to NTC more times than I can count and learned a ton each time.