Sarah, Laura, and I went to Monterey in the beginning of August. One of my best friend's from college has a brother working at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. He gave us a grand tour, behind the scenes and all. We saw the room where they raise seahorses, went behind the jellyfish display. Saw the kelp forest from the top. Saw a sea otter in rehabilitation that won't go into the wild (otherwise we would've had to wear strange clothing).
I still had quite the limp from my bike accident, but we walked to some of the beaches near Big Sur State Park. Don't ever let the campground attendants pick a site for you. What they give you is a site next to lights, not in the actually redwoods, and that is infested with squirrels which may or may not carry the plague. One ballsy squirrel so much as had the gumption to pull my tent stuff sack away from next to where I was setting up my tent. I didn't see it happen, but saw the orange back hanging half out from under a log at our tent site. So I stole it back.
Driving that highway along the coast and Big Sur is really fun. Windy and all. We saw a ton of Mustangs. Went to Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, which has a preserved beach with a waterfall.
I got eaten by a whale!
We ate at a hippy restaurant North of Monterey on our way back so we had our fill of "local" food. I know California grows like half of the countries food, but there is a difference. Driving through the roads leading back toward Yosemite Valley to the Eastside, were filled with almond groves, artichoke plantations, and the like. You can listen to mariachi music for hours on those roads, because that's about all there is on the radio. Glad I finally have and ipod. We did a mandatory Target stop too.
Saw the Eastern side of Yosemite in the daylight, somewhat. All in all it was a great girl's trip. Thanks for going with me ladies!
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