I finally got the photos off of Ryan’s camera from last weekend. I had so much fun in Monterey. Like I said in a previous blog, we left at the crack-o-dawn on Sunday morning after shooting the big 300th and drove up the coast. As soon as we checked in to our hotel we left for the reggae festival. We were excited to see Don Carlos. I have never seen so much pot smoking in a public area in my life. Now granted I’ve been to several reggae concerts including “Bob Day” but this congregation was unreal. Everyone in the audience was smoking. One guy even had the biggest joint I’ve ever seen in my life. Yes, it is for real and yes, it got passed around the crowd. I’m just saying, somebody must have been a grower…
The night ended well, let’s just say I wouldn’t pass a drug test that day.
We awoke to a beautiful day. We took the dogs down on the beach and played in the sand. Then we left to go visit my Mother. I placed some of her ashes under a tree right on the beach 6 years ago with my sister. Monterey was my mother’s favorite place so I thought it befitting to place some of her there for eternity. The tree looked great and Ryan was so loving and supportive. I miss her but it is nice having a place to visit her.
We were so tired we just crashed in the room and got room service. The next morning we packed up and stopped off at the Aquarium. I was thrilled to see the sea otters and the penguins. I even got to pet a bat ray. I wanted to jump in the tank with it but I don’t think security would have appreciated it. We then headed back down the coast and saw some deer right along side the road.
We stopped off in Big Sur and had a beer while sitting in the middle of a stream. It was heaven.
Well, heaven soon turned into hell because it was around 8:30PM and we were only in San Luis Obispo, several hours from home and we were dead tired. We ended up finding a great room right on the beach in Pismo and cuddled in for the night. It was my first time in Pismo beach and I thought the town was very quaint. I could see myself going back. And then alas, we arrived home, safe and sound.
