Homer Vs. Kidd

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We left San Francisco on Sunday, and headed down rte 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) to Monterey.

A shot of the pacific ocean from a stop. If you ever get a chance to do this drive, you should. It’s the prettiest drive ever. On the drive we noticed the Aids Life Cycle, a 7 day 600 mile bike ride benefit from SF to LA, along rte 1. I’ve never seen so many bikers in my life. It was crazy.

Karen, overlooking the bay.
This bay is really cool. You can see wild sea otters fishing in the ocean, and doing that thing where they put rocks on their chest, float on their backs and crack open shellfish. We don’t have living things on our shoreline at home, so this was quite a treat.

A Sea Otter wrapping itself in a nice bandolier of kelp (look closely). I guess they do this to rest. It’s really funny.

Karen and I at Monterey Aquarium. This is the coolest aquarium ever! It blows Mystic aquarium out of the water. They have an enormous jellyfish exhibit, and tons of other cool stuff.

One of the exhibits.

From Monterey, we drove through central California and made our way to Yosemite Park. The drive was super-treacherous. Lots of dead man’s turns, mountain roads with no guard rails sporting 1000 foot drops. Total madness.

Bridalveil falls. Lots of rainfall this year caused lots of extra waterfalls to pop up, so there were waterfalls all over the place.

A view from Yosemite Valley looking North. Yosemite Valley is a pretty flat area of land surrounded by insanely high mountain peeks (10000 ft+). Also full of wildlife. I have video of a family of dear grazing by one of the rivers.

Half-Dome, taken from Glacier Point. Glacier point is a remote lookout where you can see some of the most spectacular views ever (~6000 feet?). It only opens in summer because snowfall blocks the road the rest of the year.

Karen overlooking a random waterfall (about 2500 feet above sea level).

Next up? The Sequoia groove, and Hoover Dam!