Holiday Inn Express Monterey-Cannery Row, Ca

... 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!   

... 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 ...

... it was a lone seal! Unfortunately, as we got nearer, we could see the poor thing was obviously sick as it was rolling its head back and forth in a funny way (see video). Later on, as we walked back past the seal, a group had gathered, and we overheard that the seal was going to be rescued. We sat and waited a while, but nobody came, so we headed on back - we'll never know what became of the seal....<br><br><br><br>

... I think I hung up to sprint up the hill. Now that's Christa meeting a solo confusion as well probably.<br><br>We all make it to the top of the hill and I see Lola securely parked where we left her....what I witnessed was just a case of a Lola look-a-like getting jumped, I believe. We now all go to make sure all of our belongings are there, I retrieve my ID (all I wanted lol), and a cop car pulls up. I turn to Ryan, "DEAL WITH THAT"...and out from the backseat climbs Christa. I never ...

... the friendliness of the staff made up for that. It also offered an interesting "toilet experience" in little huts separate from the log cabin. After dealing with the essentials, we found a little side road (ie, a lane) down to Pfeiffer Beach. We parked in a little car park and made our way along a short shady path to emerge at one of most beautiful beaches I have ever seen.....bright, clean sand, fantastic rocks, a little stream, and ...

... hidden park, up in the hills of Skyline Forest, where it looks like the rich people live, and it is just about 1-1.5 miles from the centre of Monterey. It is a perfect little spot, and if you remember, I was really quite happy with the facilities and the surroundings. However, having stayed there for 3 nights, my impression of it became quite thwarted. Due to the very adequate and ...

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... it with absolutely no trouble and got parking right away (even if it was really expensivve in the parking garage. Oi...) Our first stop wasn't actually in the aquarium, it was at an observation area just outside, where we found the windows for the cafe (confirming there was one in the aquarium) and a large rock with about ten seals on it. Oh they were cute. After some pictures, we went into the Aquarium. it was about 1pm by this point ...

... being out when it is in the single digits. LOL It has been a good visit though as I have not been doing much of anything and that is what vacation should be right? The family dog has warmed up to me finally and so have the three cats of course the timing is funny as I am leaving tomorrow. Murphy's Law right?