This morning we enjoyed some more time with our friends Jon and Tandy as we walked through the Henry Cowell State Park to see some amazing redwood trees. The trees are absolutely spectacular. It is amazing to see how large they are. The slice of Redwood behind us in the picture below dates back to the birth of Jesus Christ. You will see in the picture that Lindsey was having a rough morning.
After our walk through the Redwoods we headed south along the California coast. The weather continued to be relatively cool as the marine layer of fog hugged the coastline. As an adventure along our way we took a couple of hours to go kayaking. We split up into two person kayaks and traveled about two miles in the Elkhorn Slough in Monterey Bay. We made the mistake of putting Kelsey with Karen, so Karen had a lot of paddling to do. Lindsey was a natural kayaker and did very well paddling. During our adventure we had close encounters with sea lions, sea otters, pelicans and other sea birds. One sea lion emerged right in front of my kayak and scared Lindsey. Although it was a tiring trip (especially paddling back while the tide was coming in) we really enjoyed it.
The quote for today was from Kelsey. While she was kayaking she asked Karen, “Why aren’t we going faster?” The answer was that they would go faster if she started paddling!
The rest of the afternoon we spent traveling down route 1 along the coast. It is a beautiful drive and so interesting to see how the west coastline is so different from the east coast. After traveling 161 miles we stopped for the night at a nice Best Western right on the ocean in Cambria, CA. This is a very cute little town and is on our list for Karen and I to return to someday. Unfortunately due to our evening arrival and the marine layer fog in the mroning, we could not enjoy the ocean view as much as we would have liked. Cambria has a cute little town and a boardwalk along the shoreline.
Hammond Adventures 