17 Mile Drive, Monterey Peninsula

From Monterey, we took the 17 Mile Drive, a very scenic drive along the coast of the Monterey Peninsula in California. From that point, the road leads to Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach and Carmel and the whole region is a gated community for the rich.

Rugged coasts.

The trees in the whole area are protected and can't be cut. This one is in the middle of the road! Buildings can't be higher than 2 storeys.


Sea lions on the rock...


...same as the last time I was here.




Guess who, nearly the same spot 15 years ago.


The Lone Cypress Tree is the symbol for the whole region. It is 250 years old and images of this tree are protected so that if you use a photo of it for commercial purposes, you will be breaking the law and can be prosecuted.




On the grounds of the Pebble Beach Golf Links where we FC treated us to a scrumptious lunch. Beautiful isn't it?Pebble Beach Golf Links is the most famous golf course in the US and one of the top in the world. The view from the 18th hole is said to be the be! st. I do n't golf so I'll never see that view.


From this point on, all my photos will be K's or my hub's because the photos I took were mistakenly erased. I'm still bummed about that.

We shared two platters of seafood.

K's fish--can't remember what fish.

Hub's fish.

FC's burger.

Yi's fish which I tasted, and it was very good.

I was very happy with my crab salad. It was fresh, del! icious a nd didn't leave me feeling too stuffed with greasy food. I think Nephew had the greasy fish and chips, not shown here.

(next, Carmel-by-the-sea)