Life of a Dolphin: Trip to Monterey

Last weekend Brandon and I went to Monterey for Jill's (my cousin) birthday. We started off by going to her house in Oakland early Saturday morning to meet her new dog Lucky. She is adorable, but did not warm up to us as we hoped. She is really attached to Jill. We stayed there for about an hour and then headed to the Oakland airport to pick up Jill's best friend Monique. Then we went to Mountain View to eat some delicious ramen. We went to a store afterwards then we went to my cousin Rich's house in San Jose to drop our stuff off since Brandon and I were going to stay with his family for a week after our trip to Monterey. From there we went to Monterey, and checked in our hotel when we got there and then did some site seeing before dinner. We had dinner reservations at Passionfish, food was excellent. For dessert we went across the street to an ice cream shoppe. Brandon of course got some but I was too full from dinner. It was pretty late by this time so we all went back to our hotel and rested for the next day.

Sunday morning we all got up early and went to eat breakfast at Toastie's. They served delicious breakfast dishes. I will definetley go back the next time were in Monterey. Then we all headed to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and had a great time. We split up into groups after we saw the tuna and baracuda feedings which was cool to watch. The seahorse exhibit was one of the coolest exhibits at the aquarium, they did a good job putting this exhibit together. We met for lunch afterwards and had some delicious Clam Chowder in a bread bowl. That is one of my favorite dishes. We all split up again when it was time to go home. Brandon and I stayed in Monterey for a 1 hour and 1/2 since he wanted to climb on rocks. He loves to explore and climb on rocks, so I figured we had time so why not. I on the other hand is not a big fan of doing this so I watched him and took pictures until he convinced me to join him. I was scared but did it anyway. By the time we got to San Jose it was after 7pm, traffic was really bad. But overall our trip to Monterey, was great. Too bad we couldn't have stayed longer. Thanks Jill for suggesting this trip hope to do it again soon.