7/26/13 - Monterey, CA

When we got up this morning it was 53 degrees.  Hopefully today will not be as hot as the last few days since we are leaving and will be closer to the coast.  We stopped at Hollister to get some groceries and let Jim call about a place for us to stay the next couple of nights.  There was another mission between us and our campsite so we stopped at Mission San Juan Bautista.  We drove to our campsite that is near Monterey and Carmel.  This is a regional park and has Mazda Raceway next to it.  There is not a race this weekend so it should be quiet.  Also here is a rifle and pistol range.  We can see it and hear it but it isn’t so loud that it bothers us.  Our site is on the very top of the hill next to a cliff and we have a really great view of the countryside and homes below.  There is a Bigfoot cab over camper next to us.

We unhooked and drove into Carmel to Mission San Carlos Borromeo Del Rio Carmelo (Carmel Mission).  This is where Fr. Junipero Serra died and was buried.  Fr. Serra is responsible for founding the first nine of the twenty one Spanish missions in California.

It was rush hour when we left so we drove into Monterey to Peter B’s Brewpub.  It was closed today to get ready for a Sysco company function.  Next door in the hotel was Jack’s Lounge that served their beer so we went in there and shared one.  We went to Peter B’s last time we were in Monterey.  We also walked out on Fisherman’s Wharf.  Then we went back to camp and I cooked us some supper.  It was 61 degrees at 6 pm.  There is a lot of mist blowing in from the coast at 8 pm.