Tuesday
Tuesday we started the day by heading for the beach in Santa Cruz so Chuck could surf for a couple of hours and I could read. After surfing we headed back to our cabin where I slept for awhile and then we went and hiked around Boulder Creek a bit before enjoying a dinner at the local pub there in town.
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My relaxing morning!
Ready for our hike!
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My relaxing morning!
Ready for our hike!
WednesdayWednesday we spent the day in Monterey, visiting the aquarium, having lunch and spending some time with my Aunt Vernita, and then finishing the day with the 17 mile drive around Monterey/Carmel before eating a scrumptious dinner at the Chart House!
First we had breakfast at the coffee shop in Boulder Creek that had 2 redwood trees literally growing out of it!
I have always loved Monterey, since I was young, and it was so fun to show Chuck around. We wandered Cannery Row a little, where the sardines used to be canned--the place that inspired John Steinbeck to write his famous novel.
Seals and birds on the rocks near the coast
The new seahorse exhibit in the aquarium
Me inside the penguin egg
Wednesday morning we got the news that my Grandmother had passed away the night before. She loved beaches, more than anywhere else, and so I was thinking about her a lot as we explored some of the beaches around Monterey.
Sea Lions on the beach
Me with the Lone Cypress on the 17 Mile Drive
That's the lone cypress in the background, surrounded by walls and rocks. This is Chuck's indignation that the cypress growing literally out of the side of the hill gets no recognition from tourists!
YUM! Dinner at the Chart House, one of my favorite restaurants!
The best part of the chart house is their desserts. Many of you know I am kind of addicted to their mud pie, and the plan was to order it, but I got talked into this new dessert by the waitress-some type of molten chocolate cake with heath bar bits on top of the ice cream. It was good, but didn't top the mud pie :)
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