Trip to Monterey

The trip went well for us but we were glad to be back home. We had taken both cameras but no pictures were taken. We had great intention to do that but it never worked out. We would see something that looked to be nice and didn't have the camera ready or with us. Poor planning.

Monterey is usually cool and foggy but not while we were there! It was warm as is all of California. With wearing this knee high boot, it did make one very warm all the time. I never made it to the Aquarium as it did require quite a bit of walking and stairs. I did pretty well with navigating the stairs when I had too but I had to pass on this outing. It was a bummer but there will be other times I hope. We did see seals and/or heard them, sea otters, and sea gulls. There was a small black swimming bird that did diving for fish. You saw many people taking advantage of kayak's, sail boats, or power boats. The water was always calm with little waves coming up to the shore from the boats that passed. On the last day, we saw a diving school out in the water with so many divers. The one new thing we have been seeing around here is a person standing on a surf board and use a long paddle for paddling. That is a definite work out!

Dad played Poppy Hills golf course which is one of the courses of Pebble Beach Golf Club. He did not have a great game of golf on Friday but he did win a new putter. He already had won a new driver, just recently a new golf bag, new golf balls, and now a new putter. At this rate, he may wind up with all new clubs. He will be going back to Monterey to play Spanish Bay which is another course at Pebble Beach. Dad will be playing June 4 & 5.

We are having some very hot temperatures this weekend. Yesterday it got to be 95 degrees. Today it might be a couple of degrees cooler but not much. The air conditioning is on and I am wearing a cooling vest. That boot that I wear, as I said, makes me very warm. I have to wear a tennis shoe on the other foot to help with the walking. Not a fun time when all you want to do is to get cool!

Dad and I have a conflict when it comes to the air conditioning as he likes things warm and I would be very happy to keep everything as cool as possible. The compromise is the electric bill. If it is too high, than I need to wear that vest more often and use portable fans.

Gasoline is over $4.00 a gallon here now. Once in a while you might find a station at $3.90 but the majority is over that $4 dollar mark. I have also heard of a couple of places in the state that are over $5.00 a gallon. Not a happy time here...