DALY CITY, CALIF. — I arrived at SFO last night without incident and made my way to my parents’ house. They’ve been on vacation in the Philippines (and are returning tomorrow night), so the house needed a little freshening up, mail needed sorting, etc.
Today was spent in Monterey and along the coast. This morning I drove to San Jose airport to pick up Rajani, and from there we headed to Monterey. In town we had breakfast (including fried artichoke hearts, yum) at Archie’s, a diner at one end of Cannery Row, and then headed to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Lots of great sights: giant kelp, jellyfish, aquatic birds, and so forth. I was a kid the last time I visited the aquarium, which I don’t remember really, so much of this visit was new. Before leaving Monterey we had a snack at Crepes A GoGo, and then got on Highway 1 for the drive back to Daly City.
On the way, the views along the coast were gorgeous, and we wanted to find a place to stop and look around. We ended up at Greyhound Rock County Park, north of Santa Cruz, which has a wooded area with cliffs that line a secluded beach, accessible by a steep, mostly paved path. We descended to the beach and took in the view. Simply amazing.
More photos to be uploaded, eventually. (Did I mention how dial-up is not the ideal connection for uploading large photos? Sigh.)
9 replies on “Coasting”
That view of the coastline makes me want to hop a plane posthaste! Rajani is a beautiful woman (if I may be as bold as to say so).
Wow! Everyone is going west these days! At least, bloggers. I already had sushi with Nicole (Pesky’Apostrophe) on Friday; when are you stopping by for a coffee? ::grin::
Lovely! And you do get around, don’t you?
When I grow up, I want to be you! 😉
(And do keep those pictures coming!)
I noticed that you had MTLJPost installed. I was wondering if you would email me and help me install it?
Your trip so far sounds delightful; especially love the coastline pic.
someday my prince will come home
After five and a half days away, Jeff gets back to DC National late tonight around 12:30 a.m. He had Friday and Monday off, so he added two days of annual leave in order to have a nice long trip…
Gene,
We’ll see you after we’re settled in there ourselves next year, if not before.
Jeff–thank you (and your parents) so much for being such gracious hosts! I had a blast!
Mind you, I’m still trolling the internet for those nifty sea otter hand puppets for my as yet untitled one-woman sea otter hand puppet show. Pathos! Gravitas! Sea Otters!
“We’ll see you after we’re settled in there ourselves next year, if not before.”
Ooh, and visit me too, Thom, (wherever I may be)! Hopefully you guys move out here sooner rather than later! 🙂
Oh, and Albert, you may indeed!
*blushes*