741 March 2, 2022 Monterey Bay Coastal Trail

My morning walk was down the hill from the campground to Route 68. The grade on this park road is 16% for 1 mile.

Once I was at the bottom, I turned around and walked back up. It was very hard work but it felt great!

We packed lunch and took the Jeep with the bikes to Lovers Point. This is the southern terminus for the Monterey Bay Coastal Bike Path.

We passed Cannery Row and the Monterey Aquarium. Steinbeck lived here in Monterey. His novel Cannery Row, is set here during the Great Depression.

A divers memorial. Fishing divers were instrumental in helping to pump sardines from the bay to the canneries.

The marina.

We had beautiful views of the bay as we rode on.

We had our lunch in a small park away from the wind.

We took the path, 5 miles, all the way through the town on Monterey. We stopped at a small produce market and found some dried figs and a papaya.

We cycled down the commercial wharf where the working boats were docked.

We walked our bikes on Old fisherman’s Wharf.

A statue dedicated to the fishermen whose labor made Monterey the “Sardine Capital of the World.”

We could hear the sea lions barking from benaeath this seafood processing plant across the water.

As we biked back, we saw harbor seals. There was an aqaurium volunteer answering questions and providing education. He said that it was almost pupping season. The females are nocturnal and fish all night. During the day, they rest on this beach.

This was a great place to ride and we enjoyed our day in Monterey!

Sunset.