MONTEREY

The next day we drove to Monterey, about an hour and a half south.  We stopped for lunch at the Fishwife in Pacific Grove before checking in at the Seven Gables B&B in Pacific Grove across the street from the beach. 

We did not linger at the B&B, but went directly to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  Our favorites, the sea otters, are no longer on display, since they destroyed their exhibit.  Instead, the aquarium now has telescopes set up outside to watch the otters in the bay. 

The aquarium is famous for it's jelly fish exhibits.  It was the first aquarium to figure out how to raise and maintain jelly fish in captivity.  At our last visit six or seven years ago it had only one kind of jelly fish on display.  This time is had many.  Here are some of our favorites. 

They were hypnotizing. 

At our last visit the emphasis of the aquarium was on local sea life.  Now they have exhibits of many exotic species, including an extensive exhibits of seahorses.  

There are not as many pictures as I would like.  The ones shown here move slowly.  The others move surprisingly quickly, leaving me with blurry photos.  So these elegant varieties will have to do. 

After the aquarium we rested for an hour at the B&B, then went off to the Carmel Mission Basilica for Saturday evening mass, followed by dinner of fish and chips at the Crown and Anchor in Monterey.  We were very tired by the time we got to the B&B, but took time for cookies and tea in the parlor before saying goodnight.