Good Bye to Monterey Bay

We've been in Monterey Bay for close to a month now. Other tourists ask me for directions and I can tell them, more or less what they need to know. Hard to believe we have spent that much time here. Its been a very good thing. The "new" or as I like to think of it, "modified plan" has both of us very excited. It allows us to proceed with the original destinations in mind while adding several new places to the list. It'll just take a little longer.

We inflated our dinghy and used it to go out and explore some of the inner bay area. There are many sea lions, sea otters, birds of all sorts including pelicans. Nadia has a favorite little beach we stop at and she collects olive dove shells. She also likes going netting for hermit crabs in a shallow area of rocks. Today we took the bus to Big Sur and went on a hike in one of the state parks. We saw large redwood trees, a rattle snake on the trail and some lizards. Brenda and Nadia are working
their way through the Harry Potter series, they started book three tonight.

I hope everyone is keeping well. Nadia says hi to all her school friends and teachers. As in Mrs. Stephens class, she spends most of her spare time doing art projects. The boat walls are nearly covered with paintings and drawings, the ceiling and hooks all have something hanging from them.

We should leave tomorrow, assuming of course that the weather doesn't change yet again. A couple of stops and we will be around Point Conception.

Peter