After an hour we came to Mariposa, it's main street reminded us of some gold mining community from a bygone era! We found Bett's Gold Coin Sports Tavern, great value breakfast....muffin, scrambled eggs, bacon and house potatoes all for $9...and three mugs of coffee! But more excitingly than brekkie there was Wi-Fi.....isn't it sad, three days with no internet and we all logged on within minutes, and silence!!!!
We left the great tavern and its colourful locals behind, then it wasn't long until we hit the confusing freeways of Merced....I never thought we would find Route 59 South, but with 4 pairs of eyes peeled and the immense driving skills of Natalie we escaped the Merced Maze!
We also discovered a new country music radio station...."Nash FM - 92.3"
Monterey is really nice with a pier, harbour and a trendy part of town called Cannery Row. On the walk to the aquarium in Cannery Row a strange sea mist rolled in, bit weird as one minute we were basking in sunshine the next nippy in drizzle! So the aquarium came at a good time!
It was expensive but well worth the visit, my highlight were the jellyfish - just stunning, so delicate but so deadly!
We left the aquarium to find the spooky sea mist gone, replaced by blue skies!
We decided tonight would be Mexican and cocktails, and I even joined Melissa in the veggie gang with a vegetable fajita....we are all still struggling with late nights! I think it is still a bit of jet lag, but our days are full to the brim! But what a road trip we are having!
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