Monterey Downtown Days Inn

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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... switching off with some horrid energy drunk mixture....then off to wherever...<br><br>I had left my ID in Lola and had to go get it back before ordering...so off I went. Santa Cruz isn't too big and I just had to walk a couple blocks to get to where we...I thought...parked Lola. I'm on the phone with Billy, 2 sketchy guys all decked out in black walk by and I just continue along. As I get higher up this hill and start paying attention to what I'm doing, these guys start trying to ...

... blue sea with white waves crashing onto the beach. The photos in this blog cannot do it justice. <br><br>We spent about an hour on the beach before the long trip back to LA beckoned, and we climbed back into the Bus at about 3pm. It took another couple of hours before we were really out of Big Sur, and as the countryside flattened out we passed a beach packed full of elephant seals basking in the late afternoon sun. We just HAD to ...

... to steer any more than I do in light air. But pretty much between 2 and 5 I had a dance party in the cockpit! Basically it was the only way to keep me away. But I did get to watch a cruise ship cruise (haha) by. That was a moral booster - watching a huge, comfy, warm ship were someone else took care of the navigation while you slept cruise by. I almost for a fleeting moment while I was freezing at 3am thought about ...

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... jellyfish, seahorses and fish schools you can take. I have still not managed to face the complete editing of this collection! The Aquarium used to display only those creatures in the Bay of Monterey, but they have now expanded and have a huge collection of sea animals including penguins from South Africa. There were many highlights! I spent ages in front of the Kelp Forest - loved the school of anchovies, the hermaphroditic fish and the feeding display ...

... positiv was meine Reisegewohnheiten angeht. Neben mir schmatzt so ein Amy in voller Lautstaerke an seinem Gebiss rum und bohrt sich in der Nase. Wie schon die Gallier zu sagen pflegten : Die spinnen die ....aber wie gesagt, dass soll mir jetzt niemand krumm nehmen, bin ja erst ein paar Tage hier und das sind halt so meine ersten Eindruecke. Die Landschaft passt, auchso ...