http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , California , Carmel-By-The-Sea en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:29:52 +0000 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:29:52 +0000 After spending 5 months working at a hospital in Los Angeles we are ready to begin our drive up the West Coast to see our friends in Oregon and Washington. The folks at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance gave me a great sendoff and I am grateful for the time I spent there.In my experience faith based hospitals have a different approach to the care of the patient and the family. At Littl http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-752353.html Woke up early 730 That used to be late when I was working We turned the fireplace on in our RV I know right and enjoyed our coffee. We took showers and took a walk down to the 39river39. The river is NOT...nothing totally dry. We walked along the bed of the river for awhile. There were yellow leaves falling from the trees the sun was warm it smelled like autumn.We went back to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-738487.html Our journey from LV to the coast of California was relatively uneventful. We broke it up with a slight detour to Antelope Valley and the California Poppy Reserve. This is an area of 8miles or so of trails that weave through vast numbers of poppies and wild flowers. Unfortunately the best displays of the flora were to be found just outside of the park and my husband thought it was hilarious to sit http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-626168.html I have already written numerous times about our fabulous trips to the Monterey Peninsula Carmel Pacific Grove and my favorite place on earth Pebble Beach. Let me see if I can focus on some different and perhaps more obscure or overlooked places in this great part of the world. First let me say that we are so fortunate to have the Monterey Peninsula within an easy day trip or overnight jaun http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-589216.html Carmel by the SeaAfter the whole afternoon of fun driving we arrived at the charming CarmelbytheSea. Some of the cottages in this town are straight out of Hansel and Gretel story book. In addition to its ginger bread cottages this city is famous for its white sand beach art galleries restaurants and dogfriendly hotels. Doris Days Cypress Inn is a must see historic hotel. Its blanco Spa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-565944.html Dorothy wasn't the only gal to rediscover the pleasures of being home. Despite my travels far and wide I continue to enjoy the treasures right in my backyard. Invited by my special friend Stephanie who happens to own a Land Rover we drove down to CarmelbytheSea one recent Saturday morning for an offroad adventure. On the grounds of Quail Lodge a former resort and current golf course o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-548564.html You can read our story on our bloghttptwolittleelephants.blogspot.com http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-544782.html Excerpted from my book OUR SUMMER IN CARMEL Amazon.com This posting covers my visit to the PB Councours in 2005 Late Thursday morning found me walking up into Carmels central business district or to be more precise Ocean Avenue the main thoroughfare. This avenue is about a five minute walk from where we rented our house for the summer. I was on my way to witness a stopover on the eighth http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-523619.html Excerpted from my book OUR SUMMER IN CARMEL Amazon.comNarrative about the 2005 Pebble Beach Councours d'Elegance On the third Sunday in August the center of the automobile universe is a tiny piece of golfsacred land the finishing hole on the famous Pebble Beach Golf Course alongside beautiful Carmel Bay California. Isnt the 18th at Pebble an unusual place for such a boastful automotive http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-522863.html Day 157 Thursday 240909 NJJJohn stayed at the motel whilst the rest of us went shopping to Del Monte centre before going to Carmel for a wander around the pretty buildings and beach. We all had massive salads for lunch by the pool and then relaxed. Around 5pm we left for the 26 mile drive down to Big Sur. The scenery and coastline were beautiful but the sea mist hung heavy over much of the dr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-510510.html Carmelbythesea is a scenic costal area that includes Pebble Beach the 17 mile drive and the Lone Cypress. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-508845.html EXTRACTED FROM MY BOOK OUR SUMMER IN CARMEL AMAZON.COM There is a lot of information in the next two posts for those who might want to consider adopting our No Second Home wanderlust lifestyle. Since beginning our annual escapades away from Floridas abysmal summer climate Elysee and I have had several cozy Love Nests. A town house in Kinsale Ireland a beach cottage on the Pacific http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-494558.html ARE WE HAVING A GREAT TIME. WX COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER. We enjoyed ourselves being Marshals at the ATT. Weather was great especially for that time of the year. Long days with an early start and you're on the course all day. Final match at Pebble we were stationed on 4. That meant that after the last foursome we were released and we saw the last three groups at 18. Carmel and the crowd at Pe http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-482539.html October 11 2009Today we decided to drive down the coast to the Monterey Peninsula Carmel and Big Sur. The weather was a bit cloudy but we still saw some wonderful sights. Carmel was quite a towna lot of shops seemed very upscale. We didnt stop just drove through. We were looking for Clint Eastwood and .he must not have heard we were in town because he didnt show Anyway we drove on http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-444810.html June 1988 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-441356.html Excerpted from my book OUR SUMMER IN CARMEL Amazon.com Carmel's unusual climatic conditions contribute to several other natural phenomena. One example is the Monterey Pine. This is the tree that Cabrillo discovered in 1542 after which he named Cabo de Pinos. This species of pine grows large tall and straight a shipwrights dreamtree in the sailing days of the 1617th centuries. It is the wor http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-422366.html Excerpted from my book OUR SUMMER IN CARMEL Amazon.comThe Monterey Peninsula is comprised of several small towns woven seamlessly together all hugging the cool waters of Monterey Bay witheach community having its own distinct character. In Carmel there was a gathering at Devendorf Park the social center of the village with live music. Pacific Grove a small former Victorian village separated f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-414842.html Excerpted from my book OUR SUMMER in CARMEL Amazon.com Why Carmel Bearing in mind we are to consider the entire world each year for place to spend the summer why Carmel And why am I making repeated visits when I preach about the virtues of going to a different place each year The simple answer is that I have an incurable attraction to the Monterey Peninsula. From the first time I drove throu http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-412296.html For those who plan to visit the Monterey Peninsula you may find links to all restaurants and all hotels at our websites www.carmellocal.com and www.montereylocal.com.We have many tips from local residents and local information including locations to little known beaches in the area.We will be updating the events on our first page weekly and hope that you will visit soon. Jean M. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-400023.html Excerpted from my book OUR SUMMER IN CARMEL Amazon.com This posting completes a short history of the region from the period of prehistory to statehood. Springtime 1849 brought a new administration to Washington in the name of Zachary Taylor and a new Governor for California Brigadier General Bennett Riley. Both men were pledged to act quickly on the complicated question of statehood bypassin http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carmel-By-The-Sea/blog-397468.html