It's been a long but ideal day for sight-seeing. I say that because we are here in May, before the crowds roll in, and secondly because the cool ocean breezes make it comfortable for walking around.
Arend got great shots today of San Fran, including a few around Fisherman's Wharf--you'll see the sea lions sun-bathing and entertaining the tourists (bus loads did come into the city today), a couple of pics of the market and what it has to offer, and the Golden Gate in the fog. Different areas of the city had various levels of sunshine and the bridge was pretty much shrouded but the pics are good nonetheless. And yes, we had our warm coats on--the winds on the hill overlooking the bridge were gale force and temps up there were less than 50 I would gestimate.
Leaving the city and heading south, we climbed through more hilly terrain, stopping along the way to photograph the wind surfers--looks like fun but I couldn't talk Arend into trying that sport. And for my Dad's info (grin) we saw a huge horse ranch but I could NOT talk Arend into getting up on one of those beautiful animals either. I do think riding along the beach would be the *best* but what can you do??
A very special point of interest for us today was seeing where a lot of the strawberries that we buy in our stores back home grow. We actually stopped at a roadside market and bought a couple of boxes, and enjoyed them as a snack just now--umm, ummm.
By the way, we are staying in Monterey tonight, and then moving on towards LA tomorrow. Our schedule is open so we don't know how far we'll go but there're a couple of things we want to see along that route, one being the Hearst Castle, which is not far from here I guess.
Hope you can make sense out of this post, and especially enjoy the photos,
Blessings, Barb
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