Road Tripping Monterey, California!

I have been to plenty of cities in California.  San Diego, San Francisco, and LA have nothing on my newfound love Monterey.  I never would have thought of going if it was not for my husband wanting to go to Big Sur.  I did not know what beauty was in store.  Get ready for a lot of gorgeous coastline :-)  Here is a sneak peek...

We decided to take a night flight into San Jose airport and drive down to Monterey.  Which is only about and hour and a half drive.  We wanted to get the ball running bright and early. Yea...for some reason that theory never works out.  Mostly, because my husband is not a morning person.  It did allow us to stay at this cute Arbor Inn.  Who needs Santorini when you can have the blue and white splendor in Monterey?  Me! I do!  I can’t wait to get to Greece and see all its glory.  Until then...welcome to my roadtrip!!!

Quick story….So Brandon booked this place for the next day instead of that night.  We arrived pretty late and everyone was sleep.  We knocked and knocked and called until this lady came out in her pjs.  She said since the reservation was made with Hotel.com they could not transfer.  We would have to buy another night and the one we already booked was nonrefundable!  What the!!!?  We had no choice.  Brandon quickly called Hotel.com and they had to speak with the lady, but we were able to get the money refunded.  Phew!

It didn’t take long for the ooo...and ahs to start.  This little gem had no people on it! Score! Unfortunately, there was only time to gaze for a little while as we intended to get a good hike in at Big Sur.

The theme of this trip should be are we in Hawaii?!  There was just so much lush greenness.  I felt like I was transported there without the long flight. Gorgeous right!?  If you are not in love yet check this out!

This drive is by far the best road trip I have done.  I wish all road trips had a coastline attached.  I would be more inclined to do them :-)

Cows!!!  Ok you see the white faced cow on the left?  As soon as we pulled over and rolled the window down he stopped eating and just stared at us.  It was so funny.  It was like he was saying what the hell are you doing?!  After a while he walked over and continued to stare, then he recruited a friend.  All of this was hilarious!

Alright!  We arrive at Big Sur. Yay!  Wait...what!?!?  It’s closed due to a landslide. Noooooo….apparently there have been unseasonable amounts of rain which have caused the landslide.  Yea...we never do our research.  Man! Welp...I wanna come back everyday of my life so all is not lost.  We will be back.  In the meantime-FOOD!

It was tough.  There were two cute places across the street from each other.  We decided to go with the Big Sur Roadhouse.  It has a very modern feel instead.  Very cozy.  We asked the only bartender/waiter what was the best, and he recommended the tacos and the burger.  We got both.  The tacos were incredible and I highly recommend them.

As we walked back to our car we couldn’t help but want to check the other place out.  We thought we just stop in and have a coffee.  Well you know...one thing lead to another and we decided to get chili too.  Has this ever happened to anyone else?  You cannot put two pretty locations right next to each other!  But, now I can give you recommendations lol I much preferred the tacos over the chili.

So...since the park was closed and we still had the whole day pretty much, we decided to get on with the road trip. Our next adventure was to see the red woods at the Redwood National and State Park.  We wanted to get a couple parks out the way.  Even though we have to come back now.  Redwoods is about an eight hour car ride.  Ugh...stay tuned as the saga continues.