there's always the point during summers home from college where you start to get bored of your usual hometown hangout spots. a couple of weeks ago, my boyfriend and i were in the mood for a little road trip. we wanted to just make it a day trip, so we decided to go somewhere we both love but have never been together: monterey, ca.
we started the trip pretty early in the morning, wanting to beat traffic and make the most of our day there.
after a couple hours driving down highway 1, two cups of coffee/tea and a couple hours of singing along to the radio we finally reached our destination (!!) we headed straight for cannery row and stopped for burgers and fries at johnny rockets. the diner has a really fun vintage vibe and the food was the perfect way to fuel for the aquarium.
because i hadn't been to the aquarium in a few years, i had completely forgotten how interesting and genuinely fun all the exhibits are. the fact that we are almost 20 and can still enjoy the museum just the same as the 2 year olds really shows how great of a place the monterey bay aquarium really is.
almost four hours later we had made our way through all of the exhibits (some more than once) and decided to visit dennis the menace park. we got some sno cones from the cute snack shack in the parking lot, and went down the giant (painful) slide.
afterwards, we walked along fisherman's wharf and sat by the water front to enjoy the rest of daylight.
we grabbed a couple of iced coffees before we left to re energize for the car ride home. we were sad to leave but all good things must come to an end, and i'm sure that we will be back to visit monterey soon enough!
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