7/27/13 - Monterey, CA

We woke this morning just before 7 am to a heavy sea fog in the area.  You couldn’t even tell that we were on a high cliff.  There was no view like yesterday when we got here.  It should burn off during the day.  This weekend is the Garlic Festival in Gilroy.  We thought about going to it but decided to hit another mission and some brewpubs in Santa Cruz.  We drove to Mission Santa Cruz.  This mission was completely destroyed by an earthquake and there is a half scale replica to tour.

We ate lunch at Aldo’s, a DDD restaurant on the beach near the Santa Cruz lighthouse.  We had grilled rock codfish and grilled asparagus with cheese bread.  Then we walked out to the lighthouse.  Jim found quite a few breweries in the area so we visited Sea Bright Brewing, Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, and Santa Cruz Ale Works.  The bartender at Santa Cruz Ale Works used to live near us in Houston. We gave him a Karbach Saison beer we had in the Silverado.

Next we went to Rustic Brewing and we traded one of our Karbach Saisons for one of their Saisons.   On the way back to the Casita we stopped at a vegetable/fruit stand and Jim bought a Hami melon, 3 bunches of broccoli, and 10 artichokes.  Then we stopped in Marina at English Ales for one more beer before returning to the Casita and I fixed supper.  We talked to some really friendly people and had an enjoyable day.