Hilton Monterey

... caught up on sleep after San Fran. Up at 9am and headed towards Fisherman's Wharf and looked in lots of gift shops. Rich got tempted by clam chowder so we had lunch on the pier, sitting next to lots of huge pelicans outside the window! Very scary. Then drove down Cannery Row, named after a John Steinbeck novel! Went in a shop that sold things that ...

... are a bad hiking shoe. I think we just underestimate the terrain. We took the hike up, passing a sign for quarantined area and beware of mountain cats. The hike had great valley views and lots of twists and turns as it ascended the mountain. The Redwoods were ginormously tall but still no compare to their sister Sequoias. The climb over to the waterfall was a nice one and we ventured past the path to explore where water falls to ...

... had a falafel wrap), we drove down to New Brighton Beach a couple of miles outside town. Unfortunately, as the beach is part of a state park we had to pay to enter, which pleased us no end. We forgot all about the charge though as the beach was beautiful and deserted. Driftwood was scattered all over the sand and out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw one of the bits of wood move. On closer inspection we ...

... at the top of the hill where we ACTUALLY parked Lola. I yell out to them all "IS IT THERE?" and of course Sumner and his smartass reply shouts, "NO!!" (even though it was)<br><br>Meanwhile, Christa lets the boys mad dash from the restaurant, and she jumps in a police car parked out front. She directs the cop to where Lola is and explains that it's being jacked at that moment. Calling me from the backseat she's trying to figure out what happened as I weakly reply "It might not be Lola ...

... over the edge and crash to your death on the rosks hundreds of feet below". At these points I crawled along at about 20 mph, and as far as possible tried to drive on the other carriageway!<br><br>We stopped at one particular "Vista Point", but otherwise kept going until we got to the Big Sur Bakery - a log cabin by the side of the road which sold excellent coffee, cakes, cookies, and quite a bit else. It wasn't cheap, but the location ...

... gadgets.<br><br>This is actually our longest stretch of days camping without electricity hook-ups. So that's the reason why we sometimes find ourselves scrambling for power. <br><br>Having indulged in the Dungeness crab for lunch, dinner was back to little snacks at the campsite.<br><br>Let me tell you about the campground at Veteran&#8217;s Memorial Park in Monterey. The park is a ...

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... us 10 minutes if even that to get to the outskirts, and we were at the camera store in less than 15 minutes. Sure enough, he had a decent wide angle zoom that covered a wider angle than my old one. And he was willing to give us a sale price on it. So, mom got me a new wide angle lens. (and case and UV filter) as an early Christmas present. VERY early, but... Big Sur? Yeah... WIDE ANGLE NEEDED! After that, we headed over to the Aquarium. We ...

Heading out back to the frozen tundra of Wisconsin tomorrow, I guess the weekend was in the single digits and now the week is slowly warming up so that is good timing for me. Today is a sunny day here and it is not that deceiving sun either. And while it is only 51 degrees here, it still is better than the ...

... dejlig rød/sort Mustang :o). Så var vi glade. Vi kørte ud af byen mod Highway 1, som er vejen der fører én hele vejen til LA langs med USA's vestkyst med den flotteste natur. Vi skal være i LA på søndag, hvor vi har bestilt hotel i Marina Del Rey ved vandet. S ...