Pacific Grove sunset

After dinner we drove to Point Piños on the Pacific Grove shoreline and watched the sunset. Unfortunately, it was uncomfortably windy, else it would have been enjoyable to walk along the shoreline trail.

Sunset in Pacific Grove

Links —Carmel & Monterey 2011 photo gallery

Ride the Coyote Creek trail and then… Carmel

We grabbed our bikes this morning and headed for the Monterey Bay area, but first we stopped to ride a portion of the Coyote Creek trail. We started at the trail head on Silver Creek Valley Rd and turned around at the Peet’s Coffee on Cochrane in Morgan Hill. The round-trip was almost 29 miles. […]

Hiking to Brandy Creek Falls

Brandy Creek Falls

We wanted to find an easy hike that was interesting to the kids (and us). Mark searched for trails to waterfalls, and found several in the area of Whiskeytown. I’m glad we chose Brandy Creek Falls because it had bridges at the water crossings (some of the other hikes we looked at […]