Monterey

We headed to beautiful Monterey next. One of our favorite places we visited on our trip. We were hoping to save some money and try boondocking again, but it felt too stressful. We ended up staying at an interesting county park, Veteran's Memorial Park. You drive up to it and have a view of the city below. We thought our RV would be too long based on their website, but Jeff has mastered backing in on this trip. Jeff parked the RV right next to the play structure that the locals use. It felt a bit strange to be in the middle of a city park, but also nice to be so close to the playground. The park felt mostly safe with many locals using it, but also a little unsettling with a walk in hiker camp that local homeless men were using. The park also has free showers that we did not use, but everyone in town seemed to drive up and enjoy the free showers all day long. This was also our best priced California park at only $30 per night with no hookups.

We scored some discount aquarium tickets on Craigslist and spent most of the day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It is the best aquarium I have ever visited, I highly recommend it. We were able to catch a couple different feedings, our favorite was in the large tank with the tuna. I never realized how big tuna can get. We also loved watching the sardines swirl around.

This was our tourist day so we decide to splurge and go out to lunch at Bubba Gumps.  The kids have not seen the movie Forest Gump, so we spent a lot of time trying to explain the decor. The kid's meals came in a fun shrimp boat. We then enjoyed driving along the ocean.

Jeff finally got in a couple good work days by getting up early and driving to a local Starbucks. We have struggled with good internet reception the whole trip, mega antena has not been cutting it. I tried to be brave in the RV all by myself with the girls and I did pretty well. Monterey is a city we would like to explore further.

Monterey Bay Aquarium