It's time for a new blog post, on something other than Yosemite! :) Today's post will be on our visit to Monterey Bay & the scenic 17-mile drive in Carmel.
On April 11, the second day after Chris' arrival, we drove down to Monterey Bay, which is about 1.5 hour drive from San Jose. Our plan for the day was to visit the Monterey bay Aquarium and take photos of the sunset at The Lone Cypress along the 17-mile drive.
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Chris' Monterey PhotosAt the Monterey Bay Aquarium, we thoroughly enjoyed watching the sea otters, jellyfish, seahorses and penguins swimming around. I thought the most interesting thing we saw was the seahorses that looked like kelp/seaweed - they're called Sea Dragons. After our tour of the Aquarium, we treated ourselves to some yummy ice-cream at the Ghirardelli Chocolate Ice-Cream Shop where we both ordered a big scoop of ice-cream.
We then headed on over to the scenic 17-mile drive and slowly made our way along the beautiful Pacific coast-line. The 17-mile drive passes along the famous Pebble Beach golf course and large mansions. We stopped at several scenic spots to take photos and even climbed on some rocks to take photos of the waves crashing against the rocks. As you can see from the photo slideshow, the waves were not small.
GPS map of our 17 Mile drive :
We finally made it to our last stop - The Lone Cypress and set up the camera to take the beautiful shot of the famous tree at sunset. Although it was getting chillier as the sun set, we were glad we were able to witness and capture that beautiful moment together. :)
P.S. Happy Mother's Day!!! :)
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