This past weekend, Matthew and I had the chance to go down south to Monterrey. We have both read many of John Steinbecks books so we were excited to see the places of his inspiration. We started in Salinas, hometown to Steinbeck and the National Steinbeck Museum, and ended in Carmel by-the-sea. We loved the old town feel of Salinas but unfortunately did not go to the museum. We were too cheap to pay the $10 per person entrance fee. Matt says that Steinbeck would have been dissapointed in the amount they charge to see his life. We drove 17 miles to Monterey and had a picnic on the beach. So romantic and exciting to see all the marine life! We also enjoyed Cannery Row, walking around the Aquarium (again, we were too cheap to pay the entrance fee, haha), touring the Point Pinos Lighthouse and climbing the rocks at Lovers Point. We then drove another 17 miles along the coast to Carmel and walked along the beautiful sandy beaches. We loved the relaxing day and the warm sun that had been greatly missed the past couple weeks. We figure we better take advantage of the many beautiful areas surrounding us, and were glad we finally had the opportunity to do so.
Our second adventure of the day consisted of our search for Girl Scout Cookies. We passed them up twice in the morning and I was so dissapointed that Matthew promised me we would get some by the end of the day. Apparently he forgot that little girl scouts don't stay out all day long and by the time we found another store, they had all gone home. Well, Matthew is a man of his word because in every city we were in, he searched each Longs Drugs and Safeway for hopes of the cute little girl scouts with their prized cookies. Four stores and about 8 hours later we found some girl scouts, only to be informed that they were out of Samoas. Perhaps they saw the complete look of dissapointment on both our faces because they pulled out the two boxes they had on reserve for the store manager. Those little girl scouts definitely knew how to serve their community! hahaha
