I am back to the computer, sitting in the non-smoking lounge of a casino in Oregon and trying very hard to catch up on this blog. This place is loud and distracting and the promise of 'non-smoking' is debatable at best but I am determined to stay focused.
Back to the idyllic time in Monterey several weeks ago:
Sharleen and I took in a great little British style pub for an old-fashioned style dinner of meatloaf and bangers and mash.
Then, the next day we drove to Moss Landing for Phil's signature dinner of fish and chips.
It was time to walk--lots--in the hopes of shedding some pounds! And on the Monterey Peninsula there are always things to see and places to go.
Hmm, Not everyone appreciates getting their picture taken.
(Sharleen, Me, Jayne)
Friend Jayne flew in from Chicago and even opted to join me for four nights in the RV! Yeah! Lots of time to visit, reminisce, and just laugh.
Silliness prevailed.
What a treat to find friend Helen, and really plunge into the 'remember when' discourse.
For me, going back to Monterey is like going home. There are so many memories, people I love, places to explore, history, color, adventure. I pine for the opportunity to live here again someday but, for now it is my favorite place to visit.
Historic Cannery Row
The real neighborhood of John Steinbeck's Cannery Row, real people and places in the neighborhood of Monterey's old Ocean View Avenue inspired fictional characters and establishments in the mind of John Steinbeck. Published in 1945, his novel 'Cannery Row' vividly captured the essence of life during the cannery era of the 1930s and 1940s.
In 1958, long after the publication of 'Cannery Row' the city of Monterey renamed Ocean View Avenue after the famous novel, forever tying the street to the novel's creator, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author, John Steinbeck.
The market, the saloon, even the brothels of the novel were actual businesses on the Row at the time the novel was written.
Steinbeck's longtime friend, biologist Ed Ricketts is immortalized in the character of Doc of 'Cannery Row'. Doc's Western Biological Laboratory at 800 Cannery Row was based on Ed Rickett's real lab.
The 3 cabins on the left in the photo above housed the Chinese laborers that worked in the canneries. The wooden edifice at the end of the street is Doc Rickett's Lab where the building sits in front of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
And no visit to Monterey is complete without a visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Sardines
Moon Jelly
Lobed Comb Jelly
More Sardines--overhead!
Cuttle Fish
Sea Otter
"I am Sooooo tired."
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