Woke up early looking forward to the day. With some touristy stuff on the schedule for Monterey and then on to Sacramento to see Joe & Carrie Cooper, it was going to be a good day! And it was… Our hotel was just a stone’s throw from historic 17 mile drive, so we opted for that first thing. It was beautiful and De Ann did a great job capturing some of the beauty of it in her photos. There are a bunch more on Facebook, if you have access to that. We headed into downtown Monterey from there for a good lunch on Cannery Row and wandering through shops.
Full bellies and satisfied that we had seen some of the sights in Monterey, we hopped on the road for the drive to Sacramento. Traffic sucked and it took longer than we thought, but we made it safely to the Coopers’ house and got the tour before heading off to dinner. Joe & Carrie have a beautiful home and they were very gracious hosts. We told them that we were only in Sacramento for one night, so pick a good restaurant. They came through in a big way, with a sushi restaurant called Mikuni. We had a great time and had some good food (I would suggest the “Pimp my Roll”, “Kaiser Roll” and the “Pepperfin”….mmmmm, good). We headed back to the house for a nightcap on the patio (thankfully they don’t have a Jacuzzi so there was no reason for Joe to get naked…this time.)
Off to bed and up early for our day of driving. Follow along if you’d like – we are going from Sacramento, straight up I-5 for about 500 miles to Corvallis, OR for a quick stop, and then on for another couple of hours to Portland, OR. Thankfully we got an early start – De Ann has first driving shift and I’ll be taking over once we hit the mountains. Have a great Friday everyone and we’ll catch you up in a few days. We are spending some fun time with Ashley, so blogging will just have to wait until our drive to Victoria, B.C. on Sunday.
Until then…
