Some of the beautiful buildings around Monterey, Carmel, and Pacific Grove

Hippie House in Pacific Grove

Monterey Canning Company

The restaurant in Carmel owned by Clint Eastwood where we ate lunch.

Carmel shoppe

The courthouse in Pacific Grove

I call this the Crayon House because it looks like someone colored it.

This beautiful building is made of glass blocks!

Another Carmel shoppe

And one more!

Trip to Carmel & Monterey

On February 21st, Grant and I headed out of Quincy at 3:30pm. We drove down the Canyon--Highway 70--stopped in Marysville for a burger, then drove down 113 to Woodland, cut over 80 to 680 south through the Silicon Valley, finally ending up in Monterey around 10:00. The next day we visited the Aquarium, where the jellyfish and the anemones really caught the eye---just gorgeous! We met up with Dorothy, Debby & Phil on Friday and spent the weekend with them at a condo they'd rented in Pacific Grove. We took lots of walks, drove along the 17-mile Drive to Pebble Beach, went to Carmel and the Mission there, walked down Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey, and just had a lovely, wonderful visit! We managed to just miss the Tour of California marathon bicycle race, and the rain kept away for the most part so that we could take our morning walkabout, checking out the houses along the ocean and the shops in town. I enclose a few pictures. Enjoy!

November 23rd (Thanksgiving)

Natylli - Queen of Thanksgiving

Josh, Rebecca, and Natylli, our hosts (back view)

Tara & Nicholas with Rebecca & Eythan

Freddy, Natylli, Tara, Nicholas & Ruth

Josh & Eythan

Karl & Eythan

Ruth & Eythan

Important Phone Calls!

November 22nd, 2006

Bridge over the Columbia River between Oregon and WashingtonKarl & Ruth's apartment

Karl after work

Karl took us to the Boeing factory, world's largest building

Supper at Karl & Ruth's with Toast

November 21, 2006

I'll have to add Grant's photos later, but here's a few. This was our last day "on the road" because we reached Karl's & Ruth's by afternoon (after a few phone calls to say "we're at this road corner, where to next?").It was great to get out of the car for a while. We had a nice supper and visit.

Traffic approaching Mukilteo

I would have posted a picture of Ruth too, but I couldn't catch her.

Our Trip to Washington for Thanksgiving 2006

Days One & Two of our Trip to Washington: Coos Bay, Oregon to Seattle, Washington-November 20th & 22nd, 2006

It was a wee bit windy & wet

World's largest Sitka Spruce

Results of flooding the previous week.

Tillamook Air Museum and Cheese Factory

Maritime Museum in Astoria, Oregon, on the Washington border.

Because we took so many pictures on our trip to Washington to spend Thanksgiving with Karl & Ruth and their friends, I have divided our trip into 3 parts...this is the trip north. We camped the first night just south of Coos Bay, but awoke to rain that never really did let up for long during our trek north. Sometimes the sun broke through, sometimes the wind blew, but mostly it just rained. I include pics of the Tilamook Air Museum, the Cheese Factory, and the Maritime Museum in Astoria, Oregon. The last picture is our one view of Seattle...never did see the Space Needle. Guess we'll have to go again!