Chateau De Carmel

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 ...

Finally left the noisy dorm room yay. Saw some massive waves along the coast towards Monterey. Stopped off in Santa Cruz, not much going on in Fall! Apparently it's wooden rollercoaster is a national monument! Got to Monterey and found a visitor centre for a map. Hotel man upgraded us to a deluxe king, had a microwave and a fridge! Watched lots of TV ...

... on the high street of fresh homemade half sandwiches and soup for a very reasonable price of $5 each. I saw a hummingbird in some foliage but it was gone before I could take a picture, doh! We drove down the road to the missionary church which was on the outskirts of the town which was very pretty but we didn't want to pay to go in, so we just ended up taking pictures of the outside and nice garden (which is only what we wanted to see anyway!). We ...

... skies, shorts and t shirt was maybe a bit optimistic! People were huddling behind rocks for shelter. We walked along the beach, the setting reminded me of the movie From Here to Eternity but I IMDBd it afterwards and that was filmed in Hawaii but it looked the same. Unfortunately we had forgotten to take our books with us otherwise we may have stayed a bit longer as we had found a nice (but slightly sandblasted ...

... number of hotels, cabins and inns to take care of your accommodation needs. From the humble Big Sur Campgrounds and Cabins to the elegant Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa overlooking the Monterey Bay to the very cozy Hinds ...

Our first day in Carmel... it's been three years since we have returned. This is the place that I look at pictures of everyday while I am getting ready to go to work. You know the type of place you dream of going back too.. And hoping that you will be able too... Well this is the place for me. I love Carmel. And the neat thing is... Steve loves Carmel as much as I do. We woke up at 4:00 am to head for Tampa. Neither one of us ...

Heading south I loved the town of Santa Cruz which was a real surf town & very cool. Nath & I walked for miles along the foreshore which was covered in pretty dune flowers & had lovely ...

... muerte en de la mitad de la viña significa por lo menos la parte de la otra mitad de los dados de la viña también. No soy seguro quién deseó vivir más, mi otra mitad, o yo. Después de la muerte hice un poco que viaje. Tomé a mi carito rojo Toyota de dos sillas, dos bolsos durmientes y a casa de campana-y un gran amigo. Ambos preferimos viajar primera clase. Para nosotros, ese significa sitios ...

... enjoyable Alaskan Cruise, and we caught up with each other's experiences since leaving Seattle. The next day was sightseeing in the city - we looked around some of the exclusive stores surrounding Union Square, then joined an excellent walking tour of some of the Victorian Mansions which survived the earthquake and fire of 1906. The touir ended just in time for a frantic taxi dash to Fisherman's wharf to catch a three hour bus tour of the main sights, which was also ...

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