Comfort Inn Monterey by the Sea

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 ...

... and barefoot was painful with rocks.<br><br>On the way down to Morrow Bay where we stayed at a campsite (bathrooms nicer than mine), we stopped for a half hour or so to watch the sun set off in the distance on the blue Pacific Ocean. Just sitting there on those rocks was nice.<br><br>Randoms:<br>-Brits called the Mojave (Mo-hauv-a) Desert the Mojave (Mo-jav) Desert, lol.<br>-Matt accidentally driving Lola on the left side of the road<br>

04/11/2009 - Woke up in the morning, had our usual breakfast (cereal in our room out of paper bowls!), and checked out of the hotel. We picked up the car from the backstreet car park (it was still there, with all its wheels on, thank god) and headed south on Highway 1. We had initially planned to travel seventy miles or so and stay in Santa Cruz, but the reviews on tripadvisor.com said it was past its best and a ...

... in England before leaving but loved that they were popular over here. Determined that this was the year of their take-off across the pond.<br>-My Museum. NO, MY Museum being built next door, date TBA.<br>-Sprinting up hills being me. Just had to run. (Randi you know)<br>-"Burning Man's got Lola's name written all over it" -Matt, haha, yes it does.<br>-"Sounds like Katie Towers doesn't do halves."<br>-What the Brits think of America: "I want a corndog and Montell Williams is good."....WHAT?

... and moutainous interior. Every couple of miles is a "Vista Point", and you could spend all day stopping at these laybys and gazing at the amazing scenery. The scale is truly staggering - and at times a little unnerving. Every now and then an innocent sign announced "low shoulders" - rather than some sort of medical condition, this actually meant "watch out, there's no barrier here, and if you're not exceptionally careful you will ...

... to shop much. But still it was fun to get out a bit! <br><br>Well Wish us luck on our next passage. This is the longest one that I have done so far and nearly the longest passage the boat has done. it is 400 miles from Monterey to San Diego and I don't think we will be stopping - provided we get decent winds it should take us around 4 days. I hope Mr. Roboto is up for the challenge (knock on wood)! <br>

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... Today I got about 2 hrs of sunshine. So most of the early oictures all have gray skys and are dull. Apart from the usual fantastic scenary, I stopped off to see sealions basking on the beach - there were hundreds of them !! I really is a pity when you look at the pics you cannot see the movement but the occasional sealion moved, shuffled to another place or swept sand over themselves - there was always motion somewhere Enjoy the pics!!

... spending an hour in Santa Cruz and I got stung by a bee on the ear. Youch! It still stings this morning. Too add insult to injury about 1/2 hour down the road I got pulled over for speeding by a cop on a bike. Arr, I guess that'll teach me for upgrading from a compac to a full size Dodge Charger! I don't even know how much it will be as he just said he'd post it. 80 mph in a 65 zone hmm. Got up early. Now 8am and onward we go, .. maybe a little more carefully today. that's all folks

... det varme tøj vi havede, og så tilbage til havnen og hvalturen. Sejlturen ud til det dybe vand var en lang tur i rutschebanen. Vi stod i stavnen og morede os, mens andre sad i kahytten og var meget stille. Vi så sæler og masere af fugle, men hvor var hvalerne? Lige pludselig kom der besked fra en af de andre både at de havde fundet 2 pukkelhvaler, og så gik det hurtigt over til den båd - så havde vi bare alle tiders oplevelse! I 45 minutter, sv ...