We left Vegas and the desert behind and headed back to the California coast. After an overnight stop in Santa Barbara, a nice little seaside city (and I'm happy to report doesn't look anything like the daytime soapie) we headed up along El Camino Real (the Royal Road) and followed the coast all the way up to Monterey. The road is part of a 600 mile trail that was originally used to connect the missions along the coast. The coastline was spectacular, although mainly rocky with only small beaches.
We came across a colony of Elephant seals that live along one of the beaches and stayed a while to watch them.
The aquarium at Monterey had come highly recommended to us, and we really enjoyed our visit there. As well as the usual aquarium displays we also saw sea otters and pink flamingoes. The girls loved the touch tanks too.
We had lunch at a restaurant overlooking the bay and then spent the afternoon at the beach.
Sadly now, our adventure is coming to an end. Today (Friday here) we are slowly making our way back to San Francisco for the flight home tonight.
We have all had an awesome time and hope everyone at home has enjoyed the taste of what we have been doing. There are many more stories to tell when we get home!
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