Carmel and Pacific Grove, Part One

Ricardo and I took just a little overnight trip down to Carmel and Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula. We had the best time. Day one was warm and sunny: perfect beach weather. We mostly spent it at Carmel at Ocean Beach and Carmel State Beach by the river. Oh, and looking at the shops. I bought I hat, which I haven't for a year. I was seriously overdue. It is a 20s style, cloche I think they call it. Real cute. But on to the pictures.



Ocean Beach in Carmel. A kind dog posed for me. Lots of dogs running free on the beach. Gorgeous views.



Some surfers were catching waves off Ocean Beach. If you can see I caught this guy just in the middle of his ride.



This is Carmel State Beach by the River in Carmel. Very rough seas here, but brilliant blue.



We also stopped at the Carmel Mission. This is the larger of the two towers I believe.

Scroll down for Day Two and more pictures.

Carmel and Pacific Grove, Part Two

We spent the second day in Pacific Grove. Still on the Monterey peninsula, we continued to enjoy gorgeous weather, though it was a smidge cooler and a fog bank hung ominously off the coast. He ran into that fog bank later in the day as we drove north along the coast. Everything from Elkhorn Slough north was socked in.

Here are my favorite pictures from day 2:



Well this was actually sunset the night before on Asilomar State Beach. Gorgeous.



The two of us at Lover's Point Park, Pacific Grove. I loved the blue of the water off these beaches.



Dramatic rocky coastline.



I believe there are at least two and possibly three seals on this rock with the cormorants. We say 21 seals on one walk.



I just loved this stretch of coastline and the circling birds really added some interest.

So that was our trip! We both had a wonderful time and wished we had more time than overnight. Maybe next time.