During all the delays while waiting to fix our RV’s various problems, we were able to spend some time in Monterey, which may be my favorite place in California. It’s kind of a poor man’s Los Angeles; right on the coast, beautiful beaches and quite big. The nice thing about it was it wasn’t so “big-city,” like LA or San Diego. Even with the amount of people it was relatively calm and quiet. There were still your average Cali hippies but it was very cool.
We were able to stay for about 5 days, which gave us time to do all sorts of things. The first thing we got to see was a small Fisherman’s Wharf, where we practically ate a lunch of free samples of “the best clam chowder on the Wharf.” The Wharf is situated alongside a small marina which, apparently, is the local seals favorite hangout. Every time we went by this spot there would be at least one seal floating in the water or just sitting on rocks. One of these lugs had to be sitting on the same rock for hours!As Toley posted earlier we were also able to go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which was really cool. That Sunday we had the opportunity to go see our former pastor from Garmisch, who is the Chaplain of the post chapel at the Presidio. It was great to see Chaplain Pacania and his family who have kids roughly the same ages as us. So we went out for some pizza and got to reminisce about old times. It was great to see them! 
After another unfortunate, although not unexpected, delay with the RV we rented a car and drove up to San Francisco for the day. Although it was a typical day in San Fran (wet and miserable) it was really cool to see Alcatraz, the Fisherman’s Wharf and famed trolley cars. The clouds would keep coming in and out so we were able to get some cool shots of “the Rock”. We were able to tour around the Wharf (stopping at EVERY store to shop), see the sights and check out Ghirardelli Square. 
We also decided to experience firsthand how steep some of the roads are. Some of them might as well have been roller coasters and gave Mom the “heebie-jeebies”. Unfortunately I seemed to be the only one in the mood for throwing caution to the wind, so we didn’t really experience any of the hills.
We also decided to experience firsthand how steep some of the roads are. Some of them might as well have been roller coasters and gave Mom the “heebie-jeebies”. Unfortunately I seemed to be the only one in the mood for throwing caution to the wind, so we didn’t really experience any of the hills.
Thankfully after all of this we were able to finally get the RV fixed and headed on our way down the California coast. Even if Dad now has a few more gray hairs!Z-man
Well done, Z-man? When do we hear about Marquette?
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