Wednesday, September 16, 2009

September 16 - Monterey, California






This is wonderful town for a boater. You can walk to the aquarium, along the harbor, and through the old town, all of which are delightful. The aquarium is extraordinary. I’ve seen large live tanks and big fish before in other places, but I don’t think I have ever seen exhibits that are breathtaking as the jelly fish and the sea horse exhibits. The sea horse exhibit is relatively new – who knew there are so many varieties of sea horses. The jelly fish are like works of art.

Yesterday we went to the Tuesday night market downtown. As always in this part of the world, the veggies and fruits are to die for, and, once again, I probably bought more than we can eat. They are difficult to resist. Proving once again that the world is not a big place, on our way back to the boat we ran into Erik Schei whose boat was moored right next to ours in Shelter Bay. Today, we will tour the old part of the town and check out the few museums which have not been shut due to the current California budget issues. The day is beautiful, as was yesterday, and I know we will enjoy ourselves.

Tomorrow we will leave very early for a long run to Morro Bay. The weather forecast is good. We have really been blessed. We just passed a major milestone – 1,000 hours on the engine.

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