Family Time

Our daughter and son-in-law came to tour a bit of California with us. Since Cheryl was raised here, we let Dave choose the sights. He said, “trees” which we understood as sequoias. They also wanted to go to Monterey, so we loaded up the RV and headed to the Bay Area to pick them up.


We met at Edie (Cheryl’s matron-of-honor) and Matt’s where we got to see their three charming daughters. We enjoyed catching up on their lives over a delicious dinner at China Villa in Dublin.











The next morning we set out for Monterey. The weather was sunny and the sky was clear as we strolled through Point Lobos searching for seals and otters and beautiful vistas. Cheryl spotted the distant spout of a whale.



With our appetite stirred by the walk, we dined at Crown and Anchor, a British style alehouse. The chef took advantage of the great seafood swimming nearby creating a wonderful sole stuffed with shrimp and crab. His non-fish preparations were not as good.







The next day, waking up surrounded by coastal fog, we headed indoors to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Photos are better than words to describe this outstanding facility.







Resting our weary feet from all the walking in the aquarium, we took a rocky trolley ride that went repeatedly past some of the historic buildings of this 240-year-old town.

We then enjoyed an early anniversary dinner (seven years for the couple) at Montrio. From appetizers through dessert, every dish was outstanding.