At this time it acquired as much as 109 F (42.8 C) in Morgan Hill, and we knew it might already be scorching by lunchtime, so my group carpooled over to the Monterey peninsula, the place it was nonetheless sunny, however stayed within the 70s. We took the Monterey Bay Coastal Path, a really good rail-to-trail conversion of a former Southern Pacific line, beginning in Marina, and rode about 15 miles to the tip of the Monterey peninsula in Pacific Grove and again, for a pleasant outing of about 3 hours together with a lunch cease. We additionally stopped for some wildlife viewing. There have been Sea lions aplenty (apparently they arrive into the bay to breed this time of yr) in addition to birds. An important day and a great way to flee the warmth wave which greeted us to begin off September.
Our first view of the Bay and Monterey peninsula because the path came visiting a hill in Marina.The Seaside in Seaside, proper earlier than we rode onto the peninsula. The waves listed below are pretty calm in comparison with seashores alongside the open ocean.Passing by Monterey Bay Kayaks, the place I’ve rented and brought classes prior to now. It is a good spot to launch from. To the left are the canoes of Ke Kai O’Uhane Outrigger Canoe Membership.Our trip chief Kris Fisherman’s wharf on the left.Monterey State Historic Park has some attention-grabbing historic buildings round this plaza, and a pleasant museum with a fantastically restored first-order Fresnel lens previously in service in a lighthouse.The park at Lover’s Level in Pacific GroveOn the way in which again we went out on the Coast Guard Pier. Some big Sea Lions have been sunning on the rocks (and infrequently barking). The Spanish title Lobos Del Mar make extra sense to me as a result of these remind me of wolves much more than lions.Pelicans and Cormorants sharing a rock
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I’m a Mechanical Engineer born in 1953, Ph. D, Stanford, 1980. I’ve been lively within the mechanical CAE subject for many years. I even have a lifelong curiosity in outside actions and health. I’ve had each hips changed and a coronary heart valve substitute on account of a genetic situation. This weblog chronicles my adventures in staying lively regardless of these bumps within the highway.
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