So, the wife and I took a much-needed vacation to the left coast. We drove to San Francisco, spent the night on Fisherman’s Wharf (or a block south, anyway), then drove to Monterey. We spent Thursday afternoon through Saturday afternoon there, then drove to Sacramento, spent the night in Reno, and came home Sunday evening.
We walked on beaches. We watched the tides crash into rocks and roll up beaches. We drove along the coast. We saw an amazing waterfall. We whale watched. We met an amazing little family from Brazil who now live in Houston. We ate amazing food. In short, it was an incredible experience. Especially the whale watching. What an amazing site to see. I’ll have to post pics later because right now I don’t have access to them … not to mention I need to figure out why a lot of them weren’t geotagged. They need to be geotagged! Okay, “need” is a strong word.
While we love our children dearly, it was also incredibly nice to just have some time to the two of us. Lots of “us” pampering, lots of good dining in quiet (NOT at McDonalds!!). We owe our friends and my mom a HUGE thanks for watching the girls for us.
We took around 2000 pics. Long live the digital camera age! 900+ of those were just from our whale watching trip. Two words: “burst mode.” LOVE the 9 frames/sec feature. It’s especially helpful when a whale comes up out of the water. Like I said, I’ll post pics when I can. Just thought I’d share the love for now. GREAT vacation! If you ever get a chance to go to Monterey, I *highly* recommend Monterey Bay Whale Watch. They have professional naturalists on each ship. Ours was Kate Spencer, and she was just amazing. Friendly, extremely knowledgeable, always smiling … she was a great guide! Also, while you’re right there, we also highly recommend Isabella’s. Amazing atmosphere, incredible view, succulent food … it was a great way to start our time in Monterey.