7/28/13 - Monterey, CA

We had breakfast and didn’t get in a hurry for anything this Sunday morning.  The sea fog was in the air this morning but not as thick as yesterday.  Jim paid some bills and reconciled his bank account.  Around 11 am we went down to the shooting range in the campground and shot our pistols.  Then we went back to Casita for lunch.

We discussed taking the 17 mile scenic drive around the Monterey Peninsula.  We did this the last time we were here so Jim decided we would take a drive to Point Lobos State Natural Preserve.  We hiked four trails in the park.  We saw sea lions, Brandt’s Cormorants, guillemots, sea gulls, and lots of flowers.  There is a stand of Monterey Cypress trees here.  There are only are two naturally growing stands on earth.  This reserve was acquired to protect these trees.  It was the site of a whaling station from 1862 to 1879.  There was also an abalone cannery here once and a granite quarry.  Whalers Cabin, built by Chinese fisherman in the 1850’s, is now a museum.  We left the reserve at 6 pm and went back to the Casita for supper and for Jim to update the blog.  We called my son to go over the mail he had for us.