Monterey

We departed Morro Bay for our next stop... Monterey Bay. Our travel route was the historic and scenic Highway one up the stunning pacific coast. Unfortunately it was too foggy to truly appreciate the natural scenery that we all see in the famous pictures, but we at least made the effort. We did make a pit-stop at the Salmon Creek falls along the way and had an nice little picnic. It was a little too cold for us to take a jump in, although it would have been quite inviting on a warmer day.



We continued up the coast to Carmel where we stayed with my friend Kelsy and her family. We took a dip in the hot-tub to relieve Glennis's sore old-lady back from our hikes in Morro Bay and then broke bread with the Avalos-Feehan Clan.

The following day we took a trip out to the famous Monterey Bay aquarium and took in the special sea horse exhibit as well as their permanent exhibits. Kelsy gave us a bit of a behind the scenes tour at Stanford's Hopkin's research center right next door to the aquarium where they have holding tanks for some of the fish not on exhibit. Afterwards, Glennis and Greg got to see the popular Del Monte Center, commonly known as the DMC - the ultimate hang out from my Catalina days. We also stopped by the school so they could see where I spent some of my formative years. We took the scenic route back to the house along 17-mile drive through pebble beach and then along the coast in Carmel-by-sea. It was still foggy but we did see the famous golf-courses and the cypreses.

That is no plant- that is the leafy Sea Dragon!

To end the night we went back to the DMC to take in a showing of the new Star Trek movie. I am a bit Star Trek ignorant, but Glennis assured me that the movie appealed to all audiences. Turns out the movie was pretty entertaining, and by the end of the trip I will no longer get confused between Star Wars and Star Trek.

The following morning we took off for Big Sur for our next adventure in the wilderness....