Clarion Hotel Monterey

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 ...

... br><br>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<br ...

... of the waves...(don't think it was Talon though).<br><br>05/11/2009 - After a lovely lie-in, we woke up to a gorgeous breakfast of berries and porridge. We headed back into town and found a 'secret walk' along a river. The houses along the path had private little gardens right on the rivers edge. It looked like such a lovely place to live. <br><br>After grabbing lunch at a cafe (Jim had a Philly cheese-steak and ...

... what happened with the po', but I assume her and Ryan explained our mishap and he left. <br><br>I felt bad for the commotion I created but still...what if??<br><br>What a laugh that became for the rest of the night. The walk back to the restaurant was stellar fun. Anytime anything like that goes down, recapping it is half the fun. As we walk past Taco Bell, just nearby, the 2 sketchy fellas walk out and say "nice to see you again"...and when they did it seemed almost nice. The ...

... Robert Louis Stevenson as saying it's "the greatest meeting of land and sea in the world". <br><br>We managed a surprisingly early start - everyone was assembled in front of the B&amp;B by just after 8am, and we were off. The objective was to reach Carmel for breakfast. Unfortunately getting out of San Francisco took longer than planned, so hunger forced us to stop at Santa Cruz, a quiet seaside town just off the PCH. We drove into a ...

... miss the weather for the upcoming storm! Then we will be in San Diego. It better be warm there is all I have to say. I'm totally ready for some warm weather and warm water! Monterey is really pretty and been a nice place to stop (getting to tie up at the dock doesn't hurt either! plus the benifit of showers and laundry!) but its been so cold here. Today is the first day since i've been on this ...

... hr** als Acht**bahn beschrieben ;-)<br>Nach d** beeindruckenden Fahrt (während d** d** Nebel imm** we***** wurde), auf welch** wir gar nicht alle Eindrücke mit dem Foto festhalten konnten, strandeten wir in Carmel und genossen die Me**luft während uns**em Lunch. Nach dem Strandaufenthalt dort sind wir dann den 17 Mile Drive nach Mont**ey gefahren. Auch dort konnten wir die tolle Küstenlandschaft am Pazifik ...

... br><br>Today we spent the day in the famous Cannery Row ( John Steinbeck) spotting pelicans flying to catch fish in the ocean, huge maroon and orange starfish clinging to rocks and then a huge colony of 100s of brown velvety seals basking spitting and barking covering the rocks on the beach and wharf where we parked our RV. <br><br>Jemima kept squealing at them as ...

... I walked out of there with 4 CD's for only $6.40 - only to have a dude outside saying if I took a dive round the block in a car he's promoting I'd get another $15 voucher. We checked it out and it was ligit so we ended up back in Amoeba recors again - and another 4 CD's. I love the way the have new CD's which are scratched on top, so the sell em for about $1.99 plus tax. Sweet deal. We both felt the area around Haight St was a bit faded with too many old Tie die t-shirt shops ...

... on. We stopped just out of Monterey to buy fresh fish for dinner. We arrived at Monterey around 5pm and checked into the International Youth hostel. A walk down to the supermarket, cooked dinner and had some quiet time before hitting the sack. The hostel was "cosy" but all we needed was somewhere to sleep. The kitchen and dining area was spacious though.