Monterey Bay and Carmel

Monterey Bay was only a short drive from Santa Cruz. After checking into our hotel we went down to Cannery Row for breakfast. Lucky we only ordered two as the portions were huge and it was enough to feed four of us.

After that we checked out the Moneterey Bay Aquarium. I'm a huge fan of aquarium's and I really liked this one. They had quite a few shows to choose from. Our favourite was feeding time in the open sea. They had this giant tank with 18,000 (I kid you not) silver mackeral - think Find Nemo. They feed them and it was amazing to watch them swarm around the food and avoid the other fish/predators in the tank.

In the afternoon we went kyaking in the bay. It was a lot of fun as we were able to watch the sea lions and otters on the rocks surrounding the wharves. There were also a few curious sea otters that came up near the kayaks.

On our next day in Monterey Bay we drove over to Carmel and hiked the Point Lobos National Park.