Monterey to Anaheim

We decided to go to Cannery Row for breakfast and rode into town.  We slept in again!!! so it's a little late and we park the bike and a waiter (named Angel!) comes over to admire the bike and then another man James also comes over to talk (also a rider and the executive chef at Schooners) so after we have chatted for a while Dave asks if they can recommend somewhere for breakfast and James suggests the restaurant where he works (of course!) we go to the restaurant and it's just lovely, it helps that the weather is so perfect and the windows look right out over the bay.  Our server is a man named Isnoel and he reminds me of the actor in that movie I am Sam, he takes our order without writing a thing and gets it all correct and he says "excellent choice" and tells David several times that the juice is 100% so cute.  The coffee is so good and the food divine.  James comes to visit us at our table and tells us we have made a great choice.

After breakfast we meet some more people near the bike who give us directions, of sorts, and we promptly get lost! ha ha we are soon back on track and riding along the amazing coastline.  Through Big Sur, Pebble Beach and Ragged Point.  We stop at Ragged Point and the very first thing we see is a hummingbird!!! (cool eh kids?)  We decide to have lunch and go to sit out on the point to eat because it's cooler.  And suddenly 2 whales appear so cool!  There are some other tourists out there and one is an Aussie from QLD.   After we leave Ragged Point about 15 miles down the road is a beach where Elephant seals bask in the sun you can see it from the road but we decide to stop and look and there are thousands of seals just lying on the beach it's amazing!!

We stopped for a cuppa in a little town called Buellton just out of Santa Barbara.  The cafe was in a specialty grocery store (Hispanic) and the young woman behind the counter asked us "Do you live in houses in Australia" OMG too bloody funny it was all I could do not to burst out laughing!!  Dave says it was the sweetest cup of hot chocolate he's ever had and not in a good way! (it is VERY hard to get hot tea over here this place just did not serve it at all)

Another very long day and we end up driving down the interstate for the last bit instead of taking the scenic route (right past Santa Clarita sorry Sal we were sooo late and tired) because it is so late we end up getting into Anaheim at 8:30pm after driving through horrendous traffic, and even though it was so horrendous I was kind of in awe riding along seeing exits to Melrose Avenue/Hollywood Boulevarde and Rodeo Dr.  David has printed instructions off google maps but I miss one turn after we exit the I5 but because he has studdied the maps so well he finds the hotel no problem what a legend.

There is a Denny's across from our hotel and we have a quick wash (my hands and arms are black!!! from riding without a jacket or gloves through the LA traffic) and head over because we think they must be closing soon but it's a 24hr restaurant which is good to know!  A great meal!! we will be back!

Ragged Point selfie

tired sekfie

LA traffic!!!!