On day three we decided to hang out in Monterey and Carmel. We had only been down here once before so it was really hard to decided where we wanted to spend our time with all there is to do! We decided to do Dennis the Menace park since we have so many little kids with us. We had been here before but only us from this group so we felt like it was worth our time again. The kids had a good time exploring and playing together.
After the park we headed down to the fisherman's warf for lunch and to explore a little. And we got the WORST looks! I seriously couldn't believe that people would so blatantly stare that way and talk and point like that. I would stare right back at them because it seriously made me really mad! It had nothing to do with the kids behavior because they were all really good! It was just because there were so many of them. We found a place to have lunch at the warf but it was so pricey. I think next time I would go down to Cannery Row and see what they had there.
Clara was so good on this trip and loved to get her picture taken. She was waiting so patiently for all the other kids.
After lunch we decided to do the 17 mile drive. It drives along the coast of the Monterey Peninsula and you get to see some amazing views and also some amazing houses.
Pictures just never really do justice to how it looks in person, but it was pretty spectacular!
we stopped at a little view area and let the kids out to explore, but the rocks were pretty treacherous and I was a little worried with the little ones we had so we didn't stay too long.
The drive ended over in Carmel which was where we were wanting to go so it was perfect. The beach there was spectacular. The sand was super white and so soft and the water was so blue! The only downer was how cold the water was. Even the brave kids didn't get in too much. But it was still so fun to play at the beach.
I unfortunately didn't get too many pictures. I had to go to the bathroom and the only bathroom was pretty far down the beach so I missed taking pictures. Clara had a good time digging in the sand though. After the beach it was getting close to dinner time so we went up to Carmel where they had some little shops and we found a little candy shop and we let the kids get a little treat. After that we went to Pizza My Heart and had dinner. It was good, we had never been and I had always heard about it. It was nice too because it was really busy so our kids didn't stick out like a sore thumb so bad. It was a really long day but we had a great time and by the time we reached the hotel it was pretty much time to go to bed. The kids were exhausted and went right to sleep.
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