California 2006

A day with the fish

We said goodbye to the hippies at the Avila Beach Inn and kept driving up the Pacific Coast Highway. What they don't tell you in the guide books is that huge boulders fall off the mountains and block the road. What they also don't tell you is that it NEVER stops raining in California.

So we spent most of the day in the aquarium at Monterey, then had dinner at a fantastic place called the Black Bear Diner. It kept my obesity target on track.

Full on hippy living at the Avila Beach Inn

The sunny California coast

Slight blockage on the Pacific Coast Highway

Hannah surveys the Pacific Ocean during a rare break in the rain

The Monterey Aquarium

Anchovies - I'll never look at a pizza the same way again

Jellyfish

Feeding time in the kelp forest

An ugly fish, dressed in pink

Penguins!