Being a Tourist in Monterey

We drove to Monterey to see the sea lions but they were off the dock.

The wind had blown so hard that the little fishing boats were not going out to see.. so the sea lions that generally "clean up the dock" were not their too.

We had a very nice fish dinner on the dock at Radfel's. They had fish tacos the Jean wanted and had a decent clam chowder, The various restaurants now compete for business with clam chowder samples beside the door of their wharf side establishment. A person talks to the customers and passes out samples from a soup turine. The wind was cutting into their business. In fact the entire wharf had shut down for two days prior to our coming. The little fishing boats had not gone out to see. We were able to get a very nice window seat looking out on the fleet. No one was out doing anything the wind was blowing so hard.

We had a trip through the gift shops and bought the requisite fleece and headed over to the 17 mile drive. The surf was high and the only reason to get out of your car was to take a photo. We did some of that. The sea otters and seals were in pupping season so their stop was not accessible. It looks like they are doing some construction around the area too.

We stopped by mom and dad's house on the way home and mom had a wonderful lemon cake that she had made from a Cook's Illustrated recipe. She said that if there was a way to make it hard they figured it out. Dad was busy successfully printing out the photos from the Easter picnic. He also repaired one of my frames that had lost its hook eye.

We had a good trip home and prepared for the journey to Sacramento the next morning to drop off Jean at the airport to go home to Denver.

: ) Pat