This is not Monterey - this is the beach.
Our road trip to Monterey was exciting for the terrific trio...the Monterey Aquarium and the sea otters had drawn us to this lovely part of the northern Californian coast and the kids loved it. We stayed overnight in Monterey so we wouldn't have to rush back and we enjoyed wandering through Old Monterey and seeing all the sea lions at the marina.
(That is the most boring sentence I have ever read - can you tell that it is nearing midnight?)
When we reached San Francisco, we headed to historic Cliff House at Lands End for lunch and then spent the afternoon at the beach below, exploring the ruins and cliff nearby. The fog that had persistently hung over the city for weeks finally withdrew completely - it was glorious!
Believe it or not, Kim and I are finding ourselves tired at the end of every day (!) so rather than a long narrative, I've sifted through several hundred photos and am just posting a few of the nicer ones.
(If my energy level doesn't bottom out, I'll post the Alcatraz post next.) 
The Sea Otters! These cutie-patooties drew us to Monterey - the aquarium here is famous for their care of ill and injured otters and returning them to the wild. The only ones who remain at the aquarium are those whose health has been compromised in some way and cannot be released. We saw a fun presentation about otters and then were there for feeding and play time.
As you might imagine, three little girls came home with various items of otter paraphernalia. ;-)
I loved the otters myself, but found myself fascinated by some of the other exhibits at Monterey. I enjoyed the shark presentation by a retired marine biologist, and jelly fish are always relaxing to watch.
Brya satisfying her science questions.
I was even more interested in the sea horse exhibit. Who knew there were so many kinds! (I only could think about the "pet sea horses" that we could order off the back of comic books when we were kids!) There were rooms of sea horses!
This was my favourite - the Leafy Sea Dragon...amazing!
(No great pictures of Kim and Sweetpea today - at least none that K would let me post - more in the days to come.)
4 comments:
Tired at the end of the day? You mean utterly exhausted. And the only picture of me you had I looked like I weighed as much as an obese sea lion.
BTW, Lianne and I are sitting 16 inches apart on the sofa right now (with our laptops) and I've basically been waiting to go to bed just so I can read her post already. See how much I love my sister?
so many wonderful shots --- my favs -- the one of the jelly fish and the ones of the rugged shore with the surf boiling up over the rocks.
looks like a lovely spot.
and LOL about the sea monkeys -- I always wanted to order those --- felt like I was missing out on the coolest of pets... what were they anyway??
A vacation on top of another vacation!!
Love, love the pics of the aquarium and sea life -- so much fun to learn about!
Totally agree about the sea monkeys -- would still get them if I could!! :)
So much fun to follow your adventures Monterey is one of my fav spots loved the pic of thegirls in the egg and I too love the many varieties of sea horses who knew!! Enjoy you guys are packing in a ton of fun you will need to go to work to have a rest!
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