Capitola, United States

... that are raging in the Santa Cruz mountains. We didn't see any fires but the whole of this area has an aroma of barbeque in the air. Had a brief tour of Capitola and it looked really lovely - hope to appreciate the beaches and little tow tomorrow.

Well, we woke up to the last day of the hols with a very overcast sky. We decided to head off on the long route to the airport up the Pacific Coast Highway rather than on I-280. There were some beautiful beaches on the way but was actually a bit too ...

Woke to a very overcast day so rather than hit the beach again we decided to head for Monterey. Followed the signs into town and to Fisherman's Wharf - distinctly underwhelming so headed instead for the "Cannery Row" area made famous by Steinbeck's book. ...

Not much to report today - it has been the first day in 3 weeks that we haven't done anything much but just relax. Capitola is a really lovely place and our hotel is definately worth recommending.  It will take me a week to do my trip advisor reports ...