Richard & Sylvia's RV Adventures

Day 46 Monday, April 16, 2007

Monterey to Capitola, CA – 39 Miles

Today we took a drive up the coast on CA-1 to Capitola, CA to meet up with our friends Helga and Jack Perin for a nice lunch at an Italian restaurant on the bay.  Helga and Jack are friends from our church back in Woodbridge, VA; they have been out here taking care of Jack’s family business.  We had a nice visit and lunch and then we headed back to Monterey.  

Back in Monterey at the RV we took a little rest letting our bodies rest and catch up with all our adventures of the previous several days.  Later in the day we took our bicycles down and road them several miles to Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey. 

Being later in the afternoon, many of the shops on the “new Wharf” were closed for the day.  We asked around about getting some fresh fish and were told to check out the wholesalers on the “old” wharf tomorrow.  While on the wharf we heard what sounded like barking or woofing; when we asked we found this was this “happy noise” was coming from the sea lions on the rocks along the Coast Guard pier. 

We hopped onto our bikes and peddled over and down the pier to satisfy our curiosity. What a treat to see this site!  We have never encountered sea lions in the wild; we’ve only known them from seeing them on TV and in the Aquarium.  

posted by Richard @ 2:42 PM