July 25, 2009
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Pictures..Monterey..
Oh, SWEET marine layer, there you are.... ahhhhhh. After several days in the valley of temps over 100 deg., we were so glad to see this sight! It was downright chilly that night, but we walked around the wharf without jackets or anything, and short sleeves, and LOVING it!
The little green ball-shaped things on the tops of these plants are artichokes, and there were fields of them ready to harvest. We also passed fields of lettuce and greens, strawberries, almonds, citrus trees, and various other things we couldn't identify.. I love driving through the rich farmland and seeing all of the crops that are being harvested.
Here is Austin while we were strolling along the wharf.. Looking through the slats at the resident bunch of sea lions that live on this floating dock that's just for them. (He wasn't so happy that we gave up our "perfect view" spot, so that some other people could watch them for a bit, we moved back and this was his view...)
Our birds-eye viewing spot.. (I have no idea how those two got up onto the skinny railing, much less how they are balancing there and sleeping.)
..just a photo of a fishing boat.. still loving the coolness of the evening..
The marina.. Austin insisted on wearing his p.j.'s and bringing little Mickey, and Chris is of course drinking coffee.
These pics are kind of dark, but this is the little Italian cafe by our hotel that had the really superb house-made hazelnut gelato (single scoop on a sugar cone PLEASE!
) WOW, it was the best! We ate dinner there, some really great deli sandwiches. Yep, he's still in his jammies. 
They are warm, it was cool out, and that's what he wanted to wear, so if it makes for a happy diner, then I'm all for it. And he was a pretty happy diner that night.
Next time, Santa Cruz pictures...
See ya for now!
Bye
