Monterey and the Pacific Coast

The night of October 2nd we arrived in Monterey, CA. We went to dinner in the Cannery Row section of town. We decided on this place called The Sardine Factory. This was probably one of the best meals we had on the trip. I got the seared ahi tuna. It was cooked perfectly and really was a beautiful looking piece of fish. I shut my flash off for the pic. I didn't want to look like a nerd in the restaurant.
The next morning we went down to Cannery Row again. We didn't really get a chance to walk around the night before. We had breakfast at this place called First Awakenings. I got these massive wheat germ pancakes that were really good, but way too huge. No pic though, sorry! I really like Monterey. We didn't get to see the downtown area, but Cannery Row was a cool part of town. It also helps that the weather happens to be pretty ideal there.

We left Monterey in the early afternoon and headed towards Carmel to check out the 17 mile drive. It's right around the Pebble Beach area. The drive along this road consists of picturesque views of the Pacific as well as ridiculously nice houses. We then drove through downtown Carmel.



Carmel-by-the-Sea is a pretty small, but exclusive town. Clint Eastwood was the mayor of the town for one term in the 80s. Artists settled in this town back in the day. It's basically an area with "cute" stores for people with "cute" dogs. It was nice. The houses were nice. That's about it.

After a very visually stunning drive, we began our journey back east. The sun set behind us for the first time in a while. Farewell California, it has been great.