Monterey and a Bucket List checkmark

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Over the Mother’s day weekend our family opted for going to the beach. Living in the Bay Area we have plenty of beaches to choose from, but most days they are overcast. We chose to make the drive to Monterey, may see 17-Mile drive and play on the beach. That was the original plan. Sometimes plans change.

Due to heavier traffic than we anticipated the normally 1.5 hour drive took a bit longer. So we decided to go to Cannery Row for lunch prior to playing in the sand.  So first we trekked over to Bubba Gumps, the line was horrendously long. We chatted about where to go next and decided on Shrimp Louies. Great food, reasonable prices; we rolled out the door rather than walked. Being as we were already on the row, we played tourist, walked around and checked things out. Then I saw an arrow pointing to a viewing area….it was a really small sign. So we went. What we saw is something that for most of us is a once in a lifetime thing, we saw WHALES!

That was my Bucket List item that got checked off. I saw whales while standing on a deck not to far from the aquarium.

After that we decided to backtrack to Seaside, and play on the beach there. It was less crowded, a really great beach and I took a lot of great photos.