Slideshow Index: Winter Escape - Carmel

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• 1/6 - Our van loaded with toys, clothes & camping gear
• Kathy in front of Eleanor's apt. in Harlan
• Myrna, Eleanor & Kathy at Mickels in Harlan
• Ordeen, Alice, Kathy & Arnie in La Cueva in Aurora CO
• Ordeen & Alice's home in Aurora CO
• Kathy, Jim & Dorothy Swan in Aurora CO
• Fat, friendly squirrel in Wyoming rest stop
• 1/10 - Drive from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Reno NV
• Snow on the Nevada landscape between Wendover & Winnemucca
• 1/11 - Downtown Reno after another snowstorm
• Gambling at the Silver Regency
• Heading towards Harrah's and the river
• Typical Reno - Loans and Marriage Chapel
• Looking towards the Sierras
• Heading into California on I80 after it reopened
• The famous Donner Pass
• Check out those 12 to 14 foot snowdrifts
• Arnie, Karen & Vic Ivy & Claude in Sacramento
• 1/13 - David & Kelly, Arnie & Kathy in Emeryville
• 1/14 - Warm weather at last in Oakland
• Driving up to the Claremont Hotel in Oakland
• Old & Classy Claremont Hotel in Berkley area hills
• Finally, a sun tan starts on the Claremont deck
• Palm trees on the Claremont grounds
• Paths and ground cover on the Claremont grounds
• David & Kelly's hammock in their back yard
• 1/15 - Stop in Santa Cruz mountains on the way to Carmel
• One-lane Mt. Charley Road in Santa Cruz mountains
• My old friend, Jim Stubblefield used to live near here
• 1/16 - On our way to Monterey Aquarium
• Kathy at the entrance
• Great White shark exhibit
• One of several varieties of Jellyfish on exhibit
• Mackerel school tank
• View of Monterey harbor from Aquarium deck
• Kathy on outer deck
• Kelp tank and fish
• Another variety of pink jellyfish
• Kids touching tank - crabs and starfish
• Penguin tank
• Arnie enjoying the sun at the Aquarium
• Leopard Moray Eel
• Coral and standard colored Moray eels
• Bannerfish, Damselfish, & Yellow Tang
• Kelp & sea urchins
• Sea Otter (fast moving critters)
• Wharf restaurant & beach in Cannery Row
• A very good guitarist & dancing fans
• Entrance gate to the Carmel Mission
• The Carmel Mission Basilica
• Front of the Basilica
• Fresco in the Mission courtyard grounds
• Arnie by statue of Junipero Terras
• 1/17 - Starting at Lovers Point in Monterey
• Arnie on bike on pier at Lovers Point
• Along the beach on Oceanview Avenue
• Kathy thoroughly enjoying first bikeride of the trip
• Arnie & Trek 7200 along the Monterey harbor
• Surfers in wetsuits
• Kathy looking for souvenir rocks
• On the 17-mile drive - Bird Rock
• Cyprus grove on the 17-mile drive
• Trees at Cyprus Point (turnaround spot for us)
• On our way back to Monterey
• At the Pacific Grove entrance to the 17-mile scenic drive
• Kathy at the entrance signs
• Almost sunset on the Carmel beach
• Look what we found on the Carmel Valley Road