Gallivanting Grandma

Monday – July 16, 2012

Monterey Bay

Seal Sleeping on the Beach

Seals on the Rocks

Lone Cypress at Pebble Beach

California Garden

The Rose

Mission Junipero Serra

Interior of the Mission

Exterior of the Mission

Fountain of the Mission

Sunday – July 15, 2012

Salinas Mural

National John Steinbeck Center

Lobby of the Steinbeck Center

Salinas California

Sunny Day in Salinas

Monterey, California

Cannery Row

Monterey Mural

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Seals and Cormorants

Saturday – July 14, 2012

Sebastopol was a clean modern California town surrounded by apple orchards and vineyards.

Another Overcast Pacific Morning

A Bus on a Twisty Windy Road

Have a Nice Day!

Golden Gate Bridge

Heavy Traffic on the Bridge

Surfers in the Pacific Ocean

Surfers in Pacifica California

Surfin’

Surf Board

Friday – July 13, 2012

We spent a restful night at The Headlands Inn B&B in their “Hideaway” room. It was a foggy morning in Mendocino when we left at about 10:00. The thermometer read 54 degrees.

Misty Morning Near Mendocino

Quiet River

Foggy Road

Misty Trees

Stewarts Point

Pacific View

Stewarts Point Post Office

Stewarts Point

Another Redwood Forest

Brown Pelican

California Coast

Brown California Hills

Thursday – July 12, 2012

Left Eureka at 9:30 AM. Of course it was cloudy and overcast and a cool 55 degrees. Our plan was to drive south along the famous Avenue of the Giants: giant old redwood trees that is.

Avenue of the Giants

Impressive Redwood Trees!

Size Perspective

Young & Old Folks at the Tree

Civilization Along the Avenue of the Giants

A Forest View

Light in the Forest

Dappled Light on the Road

Looking Up

Old Growth Forest

Somewhere Along the Avenue

Out of the Woods

View of The California Coast

Water Tower in Mendocino

House & Water Tower

Mendocino

Music Festival Tent

Invitation

Mendocino Hotel

1800s Building

Sign

Landmark Water Tower