Me and the Bay in Monterey

Sunday we loaded up and went to Monterey Bay for the day. There was lots to see. First stop was the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Here are some pics from the aquarium, some are from my cell:

Mark and Caitlin and Auntie Carol ready to go to the Aquarium:



We found a cute little clam!



Beautiful Jellyfish



Seahorses. I took this picture for Mom:)She would like these cute little guys:


A huge tank in the "Kelp Forest" Exhibit. A diver was feeding and answering questions from the onlookers. There was a huge Wolf Eel in there as well, but I didn't get a pic. He had to be 6 feet long!


The sharks would swim by and part schools of fish. Everyone knew who was in charge of this big tank of deep ocean creatures such as giant tuna, rays, pacific sunfish hammerhead sharks and many other small and large fish.


After the excitement at the Aquarium, we headed south along the coast on Highway 1 and stopped to walk along the coast in the Asilomar State Marine Reserve and see all the tidal pools teeming with life. Check out all these hermit crabs...there were tons of them, and you had to be careful not to harm any of the sea creatures as you walked atop the rocky shore.


Here is a little film I shot of the coast. Very windy:

We continued our excursion south to the famous 17-Mile Drive at Pebble Beach along the coast. The road weaved between forest, the coast, world class golf courses like Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill and multi-million dollar homes. Some of these places were AMAZING! and quite a few were for sale if you have 20-30 mil laying around. We stopped at one area called "Seal Rock" where seals rested and played in the surf waiting for high tide to come in. Watching seals body surf on the waves is a riot, and Caitlin enjoyed hearing them "bark" .

More pics of the coast at I Spy...