Ramada Limited Monterey
2058 N Fremont St Monterey, Monterey Peninsula, California, 93940, United States
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When you hear Tim McGraw, I hope you think of me
... to drag and drag. So we stop and buy chocolate to see us through the last leg of the journey.
We reach Monterey around 8pm. Elwood gets a brief 2nd wind, and we play a quick round of every game he can think off. He soon runs out of batteries, as does the Mothership.
Noah and I catch up on some emails, book our next few nights of accommodation, and plan tomorrow and try and stay awake.
Good night lovely ...
Monterey
... of the world's top coastal drives. It's definitely up there with the Amalfi Coast which I did a few years ago.
We had lunch at Big Sur which was a pretty spot and arrived in Monterey mid afternoon at our hotel The Clement, on the famous Cannery Row.
"Cannery Row is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light,a tone,a habit, a nostalgia, a dream" writes John Steinbeck in the opening sentence of his 1945 novel "Cannery Row".
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Forfærdelig start på Californien turen
... natten, så han kunne ringe til banken og få styr på det her. Og da Sidsel vågenede onsdag morgen var vi igen rige ;-) eller såen næsten da!!!!
Onsdag
Så begyndte vores ferie endelig, og idag skulle køreturen gå mod Solvang, en dansk amerikansk koloni hvor alt ligner Danmark. Byggestilen, maden og ja, selv menneskerne :-) Men selve køreturen derned forgår på den legendariske highway 1. Og hold nu kæft hvor var det vildt. Aldrig har vi kørt på en kønnere rute. Der ...
Thar She Blows!
... held up to catch the sun. Many seals were sat on buoys or climbing onto boats!
Just a little way out of the harbour, the water was full of Risso dolphins. There must have been over a thousand in the bay. Further out we saw lots more dolphins and some pacific white sided dolphins which go really quickly. They like racing the boat and riding the bow waves and stern wash. Occasionally they jumped out of the water. It's great when a few dolphins ...
Spa followed by Sunday Roast
Sarah, Ethan and Sydney came round in the morning , everyone went in the spa while i read my book. Ethan wanted to be the first one in the pool this summer, it hadn't been heated though, he jumped in then ran straight out again! Mark tried to do it, he managed one length then jumped out again. We waited for Jason and Emily’s fam to arrive then sat down to a huge roast beef ...



