Catching up on sharing adventures we had this Summer and Fall.
In early September we flew to Sacramento, California and went on a spectacular 4-day road trip with our Northern California friends K and M to and along the Northern and Central California Coast. Our roadtrip included stops in:
- Marina
- Monterey (including the renown Monterey Bay Aquarium)
- Pebble Beach (John’s dream golfing location)
- Santa Cruz (including the amazing Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk)
- And small towns along the way
First I have to say: California is a very beautiful state and the Northern and Central California coasts have many breathtakingly beautiful areas! I keep thinking the Oregon and Washington coasts were the best on the Western Coast of the US but then I visit Northern and Central California coasts and WOW!
The first part of our trip involved hanging out at our friends K and M’s home outside of Sacramento and getting to know their relatively new puppy Maeve, a Black Lab. She is very sweet and very puppy (quite active):
They have a lovely home on a beautiful piece of land that backs up to the woods. I love this sign in their kitchen:
K is a quilter (I met her years ago when I lived in Washington State at a quilt retreat) and she has a cosy quilting room/studio in her home:
The first day of our roadtrip involved stops in Marina and Monterey.
Beach, ocean, blue skies, boats, delicious seafood, sea lions cuddling; and a woman drawing Mandalas in the sand.
We stayed at a lovely place (we rented an Airbnb house) in Marina for a couple nights of the trip so we had a home base for exploring the area.
In the evening we visited the Old Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey where they were having FestaItalia, the Italian Festival.
Then it was back to the Airbnb house to head to bed after a long day one of sightseeing. More of our adventures in the next post.
tierneycreates 
Fabulous photos. I want to go to Marina and Monterey.
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Thanks so much! I just re-looked at the post and I see I called sea lions, sea otters lol! I fixed my typo😀
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Tierney, I recently visited Santa Cruz with a friend and I thought of you. I meant to send you a postcard as well, but now I can’t remember if I bought the card and sent it, or if it’s in the lingering correspondence pile of shame.
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PS Your photos are terrific, with the sea lions and Maeve winning best in show. Adorable!
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I can see why you loved it there, Tierney. My fav photo is the tree on the rocky outcrop ~ stunning! However, Maeve is difficult to resist.
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Thank you for stopping by my post. It was so lovely there! Maeve is a cutie and we did get some evening snuggles with her!
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I wish you’d shout out! I would have driven west to say hi. I’m in sacramento.
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🙂
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Wow – looks like a wonderful adventure! You got to see some lovely scenery 🙂
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Thanks so much 🙂
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You do get around! Stunning photographs of this trip
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Thanks I appreciate that 🙂
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