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Published: December 16th 2008
Monterey Kayaks
People who go to Monterey love kayaking..It was an extraordinary trip to Monterey, California for I went to attend an ocean side wedding of my brother, Vance. He is physician assistant at Turlock, California where he met her bride and now his sweet wife, Alise. I didn't expect Monterey to be a sightly, ocean side locus. Coming from a 3 hour trip from Santa Rosa where my mom now lived, I was greeted with a view of the peninsula, its beach, the coast and the fresh scent of sea air.
Excited, I immediately left my luggage at our hotel room at Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa. The wedding was scheduled at 2pm and I wasn't yet prepared! I walked two blocks from the hotel and was glad to see a salon where I had my hair made up. It was a lovely town with low-rise houses, nothing fancy.
I had a taste of Monterey's best clam chowder in town at The Crown and Anchor. It was a very cold night when I with my aunts, uncles and cousins, hungered and searched for something to eat. I saw an English pub open. I saw Taco Bell and Cibo open. We were desperate to take something worthwhile.
Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa
Dolphins welcoming guests at the Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa A kind server at Cibo showed us a nearby open restaurant where its clam chowder was highly recommendable to be savored. Indeed, it was! I loved it! The clam chowder was chunky and best tasting so far, appropriate for the cold night. We enjoyed our soup in between stories, chats about the beautiful wedding, reunion of relatives from Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco and the Philippines.
The morning sunshine and thirst for fresh sea air prompted us to hoof along Cannery Row the following day. The Cannery Row had a lot to offer - breathtaking view, souvenir shops, restaurants, a Ghirardelli shop, and so much more.
By the way, The FishHopper restaurant offers superb Ceasar's Salad with Shrimp and Salmons are freshly cooked.
Before going back to Santa Rosa, we passed by Pebble Beach 17-mile drive and it took us at least 30 minutes to drive. We were in hurry that I only had a chance to take a photo of the Lone Cypress Tree which has withstood 250 years of sunshine, rain and storm.
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