Monterey day one

Monday, June 9th  
Whale Watching and 17 Mile Drive through Pebble Beach

So here's the deal.  I took Micayla (aged 11) on a whale watching tour today.  I was super excited because I have always wanted to see whales in the ocean.  It was on my bucket list.   My motion sickness kicked in like a bat out of hell.  Too much information I am sure, but there is something absolutely awful about throwing up over the back of a boat.  Thus, I did not get very many pictures and spent most of the FOUR HOUR trip thinking "I can just look at whales on the internet" and "Is Micayla ok at the front of the boat alone?"  For those of you that know me you know how much I love animals and conservation.  Normally I would love the fact that they were pulling Mylar balloons and other trash out of the ocean, but there was one point where I had the thought, "Let the animals die because I am going to die and be their food if we don't get back to shore now."
Here are the few pics I snapped at the beginning of the trip and the end of the trip:

 Sea lions sunning on the rocks

 These row boats are waiting for the Great American Boat Race to start.  They are racing to Hawaii and will take around three months to get there.

 Swimming sea lion

 Dolphins

 Dolphins

Can you spot the sea lion who has the right idea sunning himself on a rock?

 Just a few pics of the 17 mile drive...playing golf at Pebble Beach means golfing on a cliff-side I guess?  My ball would be in the ocean!

 A little blurry.

 Too bad Northern California water is so cold!  It looks swim worthy for sure.