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Meeting the lost boys
We managed to get a lift from Archie and Megan to Santa Cruz, as they are such lovely people, and all because we had a mix up over party dates...
On arrival Sarah and I checked into our rather basic motel and then walked the couple of blocks to the beach and had a lovely healthy fish lunch on the Wharf. It's as I was stood on the wharf …
Who wants fruit with their burger and chips? WE DO
... lions. About 9 of them were piled up on the end of a boat jetty and they weren’t moving for anyone! This is where we were given our second free parking coupon from someone who was leaving, result! (One of the highlights of the trip for Kirsty, no doubt)
On the food front, we went to our first real American diner. It was called Margie’s and when an actual American recommends it and says "get one meal between the three of you", you know ...
One small step for woman, one giant leap for Kira
... een paar plekjes vrij. We kiezen er een uit, geven Kira een flesje en gaan naar 41st Avenue.
12:45 Kira is inmiddels in slaap gevallen. We kunnen kiezen uit zelf ook gaan slapen of naar Starbucks voor een koffie/warme choco en internet. We kiezen tegen beter weten in het laatste.
14:30 Kira wordt weer wakker, tijd voor aandacht scoren. We gaan naar de Safeway (supermarkt) of naar de locale mall. Als we een hond of stromend ...
Monterey - Fishy Business
... area called Fisherman’s wharf. Clam chowder was the main dish that everybody was selling (served in a loaf of bread). It was everywhere. We decided that we had to try it and picked an atmospheric restaurant overlooking the marina. Out of the window we watched seals playing around the boats and ordered a clam chowder and some fish and chips in case the chowder wasn’t any good. The chowder was amazing and as it happened was markedly better than the fish ...
The Santas
So we left Merced early Saturday morning, and headed to Santa Cruz- this was a fairly loud journey, mainly because we were sitting in front of 3 loud girls, who were talking fairly loudly, openly, and blaring some form of loud, gangster, 'music'! We hung around Santa Cruz for a couple of hours, because we were staying at Bonnie's house (a lady who picked us up in Yosemite), we had to wait until five for her to wake-up (she works night shifts). At about half five ...
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