Tourists come from around the world to explore Monterey on the central coast of California. Many of them will pay the $9.25 a car to drive the historic 17 mile drive through [...]

Take a second look at these “rocks”. These are actually harbor seals but their natural camouflage and generally lying around does make them look more like rocks. These seals inhabit a beach [...]

Lover’s Point in Pacific Grove, California is a popular spot for wedding parties to take their pictures. The swan boat in the foreground is one of the old glass bottom boats that [...]

You can rent a kayak in Monterey or Pacific Grove to kayak around this sheltered area of Monterey Bay. Much of the bay is a marine life sanctuary so among the kelp [...]

In the 1930s Monterey was better known for it’s fishing than for its tourism. The big debate in that decade was what could be done about the terrible smell produced by the [...]

This is Cannery Row in Monterey which John Steinbeck made famous. When I was a young lad, many of the wrecks of the original sardine canneries like that in the foreground of [...]

1. Best walk – Bike or walk the Monterey Bay Coastal Bike Trail from Fisherman’s Wharf to Lover’s Point The Monterey Bay Coastal Bike Trail is around 29 miles long stretching from [...]

This photo is not from halfway around the world but instead from one of my favorite corners of the world which is only an hour and change from my own back yard. [...]

Yosemite Falls Originally uploaded by webmink A number of people are scaling down their travel plans this year from international destinations to domestic destinations. Here are eleven reasons you should consider a [...]

Video of Monterey, California: custom’s house plaza, fisherman’s wharf, the marina. click here to download (m4v)