After our Food Tour of Old Monterey, we headed down the road a bit to Pacific Grove. Our first stop was Asilomar State Beach, which is absolutely one of my favorite beaches anywhere. I love the ease of access: free,… Read More »Monterey, Pacific Grove and Carmel Revisited, Part 3
On Friday, July 19, our son Blake and his girlfriend Kira joined us in Monterey for a long weekend. Blake was able to fly directly to Monterey from Seattle (5 minutes from RV park to airport!) and Kira drove over… Read More »Monterey, Carmel and Pacific Grove Revisited, Part 2
We returned again this summer to the Monterey Bay area, which includes the cities of Carmel and Pacific Grove in addition to Monterey. The area reminds me a bit of Greater Palm Springs, in that both are significant international tourist… Read More »Monterey, Carmel and Pacific Grove Revisited, Part 1
We began this trip with a short visit to Santa Barbara, which we added to our itinerary at the last minute. As I mentioned in my previous post, we left Palm Springs a few days early to escape the heat.… Read More »A few days in Santa Barbara
Our second trip of the summer started a few days earlier than originally intended because the heat in Palm Springs was relentless. So, we moved a few reservations around and altered our planned route a bit and added an initial… Read More »We are on the road once more…
Our last day in Bodega Bay we hiked a trail called the Pinnacle Gulch Trail which passes through a break in the mountains and ends at a small beach on Bodega Bay. The trail runs through a residential area; it… Read More »The End of the Line…last bit of Bodega Bay and Paso Robles Wineries
On Sunday, June 16, we headed down the road to spend a few days in Bodega Bay. The drive was less than an hour, so we opted not to hook the Jeep up to the RV. Instead, I took the… Read More »Bodega Bay, California
While staying in Petaluma and Forestville, we visited a total of 9 wineries: one was a disaster, one was just okay, and 7 were somewhere on the continuum between good and exceptional. I didn’t take pictures at most of the… Read More »Sonoma County Wineries
I’ll be doing a separate post about the wineries we visited while in Sonoma County. But first, there are a few other highlights and a few more photos of old buildings! On Sunday, June 9, we spent most of the… Read More »Sonoma County Part 2
Less than a week into this trip, we had to make a major change in our plans. We were supposed to head to Clear Lake upon leaving Yosemite. However, daily high temperatures in that area were now forecast to top… Read More »On to Sonoma County