La Casa De La Palmera Home Pebble Beach

... more ideas to make the Floride trip easier; don't forget the pot to make coffee & tea and find more comfortable mattresses for under our sleeping bags. Shona slept like a dog.

Shona still thinks she is going to the vet (alittle anxious) everytime she gets into the car. But she settled down and did great at the camp site.

Can't wait to start the trip. Florida or bust!

... 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 ...

... and barefoot was painful with rocks.

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.

Randoms:
-Brits called the Mojave (Mo-hauv-a) Desert the Mojave (Mo-jav) Desert, lol.
-Matt accidentally driving Lola on the left side of the road

After our nice drive up the coastline we checked into our huge motel room with all the mod cons - a luxury we were getting used to. Carl Jr for dinner a lovely American chain establishment which all things considered wasn't too bad, a box of corona and back to the room to watch a movie.

After a sound nights sleep we drove along the 17 mile drive, it was a beautifully sunny day so perfect for viewing the rugged coastline, a colony of seals and ...

... used recreation path to reach a rendezvous place near a beautiful reservoir that would coincide with the 900-mile of our journey. We commandeered a passer-by to photograph the historic moment. We were then driven over a very pedestrian-unfriendly two miles of winding mountain roads to the Presentation Center, which is run by a Catholic order called the Presentation Sisters. The order has focused on education over many decades. The sister have come to ...

... to Pleasanton, we discovered that my mother in law bought us tickets to see Jersey Boys. She is going to see it with her work and I told her if she comes acreoss an extra ticket, great but if not, not. She went and bought us tickets anyways. She is really fabulous. Mati is downstairs watching the Cubs. Hopefully they will win. Even better they need to win tomorrow when we are at the game.

... today that he is changing his name to 'Jesse.'(the name of some actor on Disney channel I think) When he went to Awana he put Jesse on his name tag and everyone thought it was his name. Kelly and I were caught off guard when people were coming up to us and telling us how well 'Jesse' did. Kelly and I got a date night tonight while the kids were at church. We went to a very good little Italian restaurant called 'Pasta Pomadora.'

... of Monterey & the rich town of Carmel with the famous Golf Course. The headland was full of interesting wind bent trees. We stayed a little bit inland where it wasn't as expensive.

Carmel, California, United States hilaryramsey

... Looked good for a nites stay. We got all set up and making diner when the caretaker came along and told us we could not spend the nite, We spent another couple of hours driving around trying to find a spot or campsite, finally ending up at St. Anthony's Lake Park far off our trail. Late and tired we eat a bit and off to sleep. Thursday morning, early after a cold uncomfortable nite with coyotes howling we get under way to Aptos. Traveling through the lush ...

I had started to head back to Claremont the day before but after the events of today my plans were changed. There was a couple nearby that were having trouble with their VW and they had found a part they needed by phone in Monterey. However it was a good ways away and they needed a way to get there and back. So he asked me if I would do it. Understanding the situation and being a person of the road I was glad to ...