The day started bright
and sunny, as usual. The sea was
pounding on the rocks near our hotel and the seagulls screeching their demands
of each other as we made our way to our breakfast place of choice, a superb
bakery for Malc to have his Almond croissant and Diana to have her scrumptious
chocolate croissant sat at an outside table whilst watching the antics of the
seagulls and of the local schoolchildren
– and their ever patient teachers - getting ready to visit to Aquarium
opposite.
Having discussed the options
for the day we finally decided on a drive through the Carmel Valley and then ein fahrt ins blaue as the German’s
would say. [No real idea but we will make it up as we go along].
The Carmel Valley road
was a lovely drive through wooded areas with nice little villages and hardly
any traffic. We stopped at the Valley
Village and strolled along the shops purchasing cold drinks to keep us
going. We eventually arrived at a place
called King City and took the momentous decision to drive through a Military
area on a road which eventually diverted us onto another road [how frustrating
but fortuitous] which led through more densely forested areas onto a fantastic
road with a superb overlook of famous Highway 1 which clings to the mountain
side overlooking the pounding pacific ocean.
We stopped at the top and
spoke to a young motorcyclist who told us he had been coming to that spot since
he was 6 [he was probably about 28ish] and it had great meaning for him. As we talked to him3 or 4 vultures circled
below us taking advantage of the thermals and beautiful butterflies danced from
flower to flower. We made our way down
this precipitous road to the sea which joined highway CA 1 just south of Lucia and
drove back along this twisty road to Monterey which took so long it was like
going on a roller coaster ride it was so twisty.
What a lovely day we had.
