Best Western Carmel Bay View I

We packed up and went for a practice trip down to Pfeiffer State Park in Big Sur on Tuesday. The camp site was great; on the river with almost the whole park to ourselves. What a beautiful place to camp.
The tent went up without incident.
The food was great, thanks to Steve.....shrimp,asparagus and potatoes for dinner and breakfast burrito the next morning.

We have a ...

... colour in the sun, very exciting! Then found a half price jewellers and got a new ring to replace Charlotte's lost one yay. Then went on the 17 mile drive around the Monterey peninsula, saw big waves and the famous Lone Cypress Tree. Charlotte then fell asleep during the Day After Tomorrow, which was very exciting having now been to New York and LA!   

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Sumner disappeared quickly up the cliffs and mountains, trying to make it to the top of the falls. He made it to the top to see where the river fell down and struggled a bit coming down. From our view at the bottom it looked like he was properly rock climbing...down. He looked completely vertical trying to come down those cliffs...I'm still not sure that was a great idea, but I bet the view was awesome. Although I missed it
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, California, United States ktowers86

After our nice drive up the coastline we checked into our huge motel room with all the mod cons - a luxury we were getting used to. Carl Jr for dinner a lovely American chain establishment which all things considered wasn't too bad, a box of corona and back to the room to watch a movie.

After a sound nights sleep we drove along the 17 mile drive, it was a beautifully sunny day so perfect for viewing the rugged coastline, a colony of seals and ...

... up on cliff bars and then jumped back in the car. A very pleasant and uneventful trip down the coast. We even stopped at Andersen's for Pea Soup. Got to Joanna's house tired and had a lovely evening with Julia Rubiner and Simon GLickman, who brought us wine. Woke up the next morning with a terrible cold. :(

... him in the corner of the video. We'd be sitting in some remote area and Steve would be like I bet any minute he's going to appear.. And he was right. The other pretty funny thing that happened today was we were on a steep cliff and well, I was to close to the edge and totally slipped.. my left leg was hanging on the side of the cliff. I was grounded with my other foot but still needed help as the ground was way too loose (obviously as I slid right down!) I called for Steve to help me ...

... houses opposite the beach. We ended up at a huge bay which was packed with surfers.

















Further south was the beautiful ...

One of the best aquariums I have ever been to is the Monterey Bay Aquarium. If you ever get a chance, do not miss it! It's absolutely incredible! I couldn't rave enough about it. It's situated right on the water and you can walk Cannery Row to get there. It's a ...