Monterey Trip: Part II

I am so behind in my blogging!  I blogged about this trip, in part, over a month ago, or maybe even 2 months ago, and was supposed to post this part 2 shortly thereafter.  Oh brother.  And for that matter, this trip occurred in March.  So I'm grossly behind in my blog posts/journal.   

To see Part I of Monterey click here.

I mentioned this before, but I absolutely loved this trip.  And I love Monterey.  It is beautiful, charming, and serene.

I've already covered Friday and Saturday.  So Sunday of our vacation (back in March (so embarrassing)), started off with a classy breakfast at Denny's, followed by going to church in Cody's old chapel, and then we made our way down the 17 mile drive to Pebble Beach.  Here are some of the photos:

The rock below is called Seal Rock.  Do yo see all the seals on it?  There are a ton!

This is the lone cypress tree.  It's on a ton of postcards from the area.  The view should be enough reason for the popularity, but the Monterey Cypress is famous because of its unique location on its rocky perch and its endurance and age (over 250 years old).

The 17 mile drive ends in Carmel.  We walked around the cute shops of this small beach town...Camel-By-The-Sea is the full name of the town which is so money.  A town without street numbers and oozing in charm.  "Oozing in charm?"  Wow that last sentence was a bit cheesy.  My apology.

On Monday, we went to lunch with Cody's friend from grad school  and then went to Fisherman's Wharf again to enjoy it in the sun instead of Friday night's rain.  We stayed and watched these seals fight over property on this platform.  It's amazing how they can jump out of the water and get high up on the railing.

They are clumped here waiting to make their move and fight for property on the platform.

 The beautiful Harbor and Wharf...

We then went to cannery row:

And we took PCH 1 home.  We saw this lighthouse on the way:

And went through Big Sur:

It was a great trip.  You should really go.  I mean it.  You won't regret it.