While a perfect way to begin the new year would have been a vacation spent exploring on a motorcycle, it was not on the books, as my latest squeeze does not enjoy riding on a motorcycle (yet). Although, she has never been on a motorcycle, so she THINKS that she does not enjoy riding, and I am still working on her. This vacation was the next best thing, a door slammer trip to the Monterey Peninsula for a romantic getaway.
Fortunately for me, my girl shares the same aversion to traffic jams and maddening crowds that I do, so needless to say we had a lot of fun staying away from the tourist traps and spent our time walking around, exploring, gazing at the ocean and other more interesting stuff - I will spare you all the juicy details and share with you some handpicked pictures I took from my vacation, if you are interested.
One of the lilies that I had bought her, we took them with us on vacation.
Our B&B in Pacific Grove, nice little place, close to the restaurants and a couple blocks from the ocean and far away from the tourist traps and traffic.
This used to be the Dr's house, it was built in 1893. Right next to our B&B and is now a private residence. Pacific Grove is full of such historic Victorian homes from the late 1800's to the early 1900's.
Rock star parking in front of our Inn.
Doirty bear on the bed..my girlfriend loved it ..and the rose..
A smaller example of the Victorian homes in Pacific Grove.
One of the many old churches in Pacific Grove, there was one every few blocks.
The restless seas on the Monterey Peninsula.
You didn't think you would get away without seeing my mug now, did you? We had fun walking on the sea wall with the waves crashing mere feet away from our feet.
Pacific Grove is the Butterfly town and is known for the Monarch Butterflies, and has a butterfly sanctuary in the town, unfortunately for us we were there just before noon and it was a cold day and it was a only a rare butterfly which would dare fly. I will have to come back..
We explored around 17 mile drive one of the days. I wondered how much more would Jer pay per month to play golf on one these golf courses?
Golf course meets the ocean. Do golf balls sink or swim in the ocean?
Stopped by at the Pebble Beach golf club. Tiger Woods won here once in 2000, that was before he was chased by someone wielding a golf club as a weapon. Here you can see yours truly getting hit on the head by a brat wielding a golf club. One of the reasons I don't like rugrats!
Meandered our way to the Lone Cypress, but the fog had moved in as the day had warmed up. Such a bummer, I was looking forward to taking some shots of the Lone Cypress, instead here is what I ended up with..
The fog stayed with us the rest of the way south into Big Sur, there was only a small bubble of clarity from the fog a couple miles around the Bixby bridge.
Still clear a few miles south of the Bixby bridge.
The fog was rolling back in as I took the next two shots. It would once again envelop us on the drive all the way to McWay Falls. We walked out to McWay Falls but the fog was so thick we couldn't even see the beach let alone the falls.
We turned around at McWay Falls and enjoyed lunch at the Big Sur River Inn. It was virtually deserted and we had a good time sitting by and on the river.
The last sunset of our vacation, near Asilomar Beach in Pacific Grove.
Thank you for reading! Happy New year!!
Fortunately for me, my girl shares the same aversion to traffic jams and maddening crowds that I do, so needless to say we had a lot of fun staying away from the tourist traps and spent our time walking around, exploring, gazing at the ocean and other more interesting stuff - I will spare you all the juicy details and share with you some handpicked pictures I took from my vacation, if you are interested.
One of the lilies that I had bought her, we took them with us on vacation.
Our B&B in Pacific Grove, nice little place, close to the restaurants and a couple blocks from the ocean and far away from the tourist traps and traffic.
This used to be the Dr's house, it was built in 1893. Right next to our B&B and is now a private residence. Pacific Grove is full of such historic Victorian homes from the late 1800's to the early 1900's.
Rock star parking in front of our Inn.
Doirty bear on the bed..my girlfriend loved it ..and the rose..
A smaller example of the Victorian homes in Pacific Grove.
One of the many old churches in Pacific Grove, there was one every few blocks.
The restless seas on the Monterey Peninsula.
You didn't think you would get away without seeing my mug now, did you? We had fun walking on the sea wall with the waves crashing mere feet away from our feet.
Pacific Grove is the Butterfly town and is known for the Monarch Butterflies, and has a butterfly sanctuary in the town, unfortunately for us we were there just before noon and it was a cold day and it was a only a rare butterfly which would dare fly. I will have to come back..
We explored around 17 mile drive one of the days. I wondered how much more would Jer pay per month to play golf on one these golf courses?
Golf course meets the ocean. Do golf balls sink or swim in the ocean?
Stopped by at the Pebble Beach golf club. Tiger Woods won here once in 2000, that was before he was chased by someone wielding a golf club as a weapon. Here you can see yours truly getting hit on the head by a brat wielding a golf club. One of the reasons I don't like rugrats!
Meandered our way to the Lone Cypress, but the fog had moved in as the day had warmed up. Such a bummer, I was looking forward to taking some shots of the Lone Cypress, instead here is what I ended up with..
The fog stayed with us the rest of the way south into Big Sur, there was only a small bubble of clarity from the fog a couple miles around the Bixby bridge.
Still clear a few miles south of the Bixby bridge.
The fog was rolling back in as I took the next two shots. It would once again envelop us on the drive all the way to McWay Falls. We walked out to McWay Falls but the fog was so thick we couldn't even see the beach let alone the falls.
We turned around at McWay Falls and enjoyed lunch at the Big Sur River Inn. It was virtually deserted and we had a good time sitting by and on the river.
The last sunset of our vacation, near Asilomar Beach in Pacific Grove.
Thank you for reading! Happy New year!!
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