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A perfect day
May. 30th, 2011 11:52 pmChaz wakes up before me, so this morning when I woke up I stayed in bed and finished fine-tuning a story on my iPad. When I was up and about we went to Hobee's, my favorite coffee shop and breakfast place and purveyor of coffee cake, for, well, breakfast and coffee cake. After that, we did something we haven't done before. We ran away for the day and went to Monterey.
The day had started off dark and gray, but by the time we got to Cannery Row the day had turned sunny and warm. We walked along the old buildings turned into shops and down onto the bit of beach. I managed to catch my foot in the sand and fall, which wasn't fun, but I recovered and we wandered down past the old warehouses that are now filled with tourist shops and wine bars, until we came to the aquarium.
We arrived a little before the otters were served their tea. (It was 3:30, so I can't imagine what other meal it could be.) The fun part was watching the otters play, and get more and more excited as feeding time approached. They had several toys, such as a ball and some plastic grip toys, plus a barrel that one of the otters kept swimming in and out of. The cute level was off the scale.
We also wandered through the jellyfish exhibit. The different jellyfish had their names listed in Spanish as well as English, and it was cool to see that "Medusa moon" (Medusa Luna) is the name for jellyfish.
Dinner was fried calamari and shrimp at Bubba Gump's, which was surprisingly good for a tourist chain. Or maybe I was just hungry. We drove home next to an odd but beautiful sunset, where dark clouds seemed to reach for the sunlight. Chaz and I drank red wine while he read to me from his latest novel, and now it's time for bed.
The day had started off dark and gray, but by the time we got to Cannery Row the day had turned sunny and warm. We walked along the old buildings turned into shops and down onto the bit of beach. I managed to catch my foot in the sand and fall, which wasn't fun, but I recovered and we wandered down past the old warehouses that are now filled with tourist shops and wine bars, until we came to the aquarium.
We arrived a little before the otters were served their tea. (It was 3:30, so I can't imagine what other meal it could be.) The fun part was watching the otters play, and get more and more excited as feeding time approached. They had several toys, such as a ball and some plastic grip toys, plus a barrel that one of the otters kept swimming in and out of. The cute level was off the scale.
We also wandered through the jellyfish exhibit. The different jellyfish had their names listed in Spanish as well as English, and it was cool to see that "Medusa moon" (Medusa Luna) is the name for jellyfish.
Dinner was fried calamari and shrimp at Bubba Gump's, which was surprisingly good for a tourist chain. Or maybe I was just hungry. We drove home next to an odd but beautiful sunset, where dark clouds seemed to reach for the sunlight. Chaz and I drank red wine while he read to me from his latest novel, and now it's time for bed.
