Monterey Bay Aquarium

Heute morgen ging es bei fröstelnd machenden 14 Grad auf den Highway #1 Richtung Süden.
Die Westküste war von dichten Nebelbänken verhüllt, die zunächst die Sicht auf die wild-romantische Route behinderten und die Temperatur auf 12 Grad sinken ließen - Negativrekord.

Um der Sonne eine Chance zu geben, machten wir in Monterey Halt und …

Michael had a week off work so we were really pleased we could spend some time with him and the family. Ethan had to go to School then we headed to Monterey Bay to go to the Aquarium. Emily, Tommy, Abi and Natasha met us there. First we watched the Penguin Feeding and saw a diver feeding fish in the kelp forest tank. There were sea horse, jellyfish …

Ah Monterey... So little to do, so much time. We had a good first day exploring the Old Fisherman's Wharf, pier and walking to the aquarium. It's amazing to be in a place where the native wildlife is actually visible! So often I'm used to promises of an allusive deer which never actually expose themselves in England, other than once in a blue moon …

It's late, and we've got to get up early to get to the airport in time, so this is just a quick outline for today:

Up at 8:30
Finished packing
checked out
Breakfast one more time at Katy's Place
Wyland gallery
Courtyard of the fountains (name?)
Mole Hole
--Adorable boxes made in Burbank, kitties
Post office …

... , making the trees shimmer and undulate to the beat of fluttering wings. Another attraction in the area is the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I have been there a couple times, the most memorable being on a high school advanced science class trip. Of course, ...

... wine-tasting. Then, Geoff would head back to campus where he had a teacher function at 4 while we went to the renowned Monterey Bay Aquarium, and we would meet back up for dinner afterwards. Since we were a bit pressed for time (well, we could  ...

We've been waiting to go to the best aquarium in the US and this is it....The Monterey Bay Aquarium." The boys have been to many and really didn't care to go to another, but once they got there they were thrilled. The line was way down the street ...

... avec tout le monde, putain d'ambiance, ce soir on vous met le feu. Mercredi 14, en route pour visiter le Monterey Bay Aquarium, l'un des plus beaux au monde, il comporte 200 galeries et expositions, les nombreux enfants sont gâtés, en moins de 3 ...

... to be a tumultous decade for me.  I couldn't have asked for a better party than martini's with the big fish at Monterey Bay Aquarium.  YOU should go next year.  Anyway, while there, swimming as it was, with the fishes, I longed for ...

Today we spent the day at Monterey Bay Aquarium, about 20 minutes walk from our Hotel, we also took the optional behind the scenes tour and had the chance to feed the fish at the end of the tour.  Tomorrow we travel the Scenic Highway 1 tomorrow, ...

... or so we thought... We found out that it was actually smoke from the many wild fires in California at the moment. The Monterey Bay Aquarium is known for its sea otters, which are native to the area around Monterey. They are rather impossible to take ...

... specie   623 Website http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/ 10 meter giant kelp forest aquarium Front entrance of the Aquarium The Monterey Bay Aquarium (or MBA, founded 1984) is located on the former site of a sardine cannery on Cannery Row on ...

... the ticket booth was not there, and we managed to get out of the extortionate parking structure for free!!! Monterey Bay Aquarium is FANTASTIC!!! Their exhibits were really well presented. We enjoyed looking at the various fishes, jellyfishese, sea ...

The answer, of course, is the Monterey Bay Aquarium, located in historic Cannery Row, Monterey ... but more about that later! We left Big Sur to continue our journey along Highway 1 and we encountered (you guessed it!) more fog! It really is the ...