[Leica] A short day in Monterey

[jsjgroups at gmail.com (Jerry Justianto)]

I love Monterey, the small city is so photogenic.  The people are ones
of the nicest people in the world.

I love the harbour high tide.

Hope to be there agin with my M8.

my gallery in Monterey taken with leicasonic LC-1 ;)
http://www.pbase.com/jsjxyz/sf2005

JSJ



On 5/6/07, Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote:
> I needed to run down to Monterey to the Naval Postgraduate School on
> Friday and since it's one of my wife's favorite places on the planet
> (Monterey not the school) and Saturday being her birthday, she drove
> down with me.
>
> We've actually come to love Moss Landing, about 20 miles north of
> Monterey, quite a bit. It has a harbor with breakwater at the mouth of
> Elkhorn Slough, a power plant, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
> Institute. Also a small number of curio shops and fresh fruit stands.
> People work in Moss Landing and when they want to eat some seriously
> good food they go to Phil's Fish Market.
>
>
> We didn't find a place to park at Phil's (normal) so we parked on the
> street across from the harbor where a barking sea lion was making a
> pest of himself. Walking to Phil's we encountered this delightful
> little place...
>
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/Bday2007/L1001275.jpg>
>
> Here's the entrance to Phil's Fish Market:
>
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/Bday2007/L1001280.jpg>
>
> Jan enjoying her Cinco de Mayo (and birthday) luncheon at Phil's!
>
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/Bday2007/L1001284-rtch.jpg>
>
> After lunch we found an easy path to the beach where we found a
> playful pup who was playing catch with his owner. I caught him just as
> he took off after some sort of flexible cloth flying toy.
>
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/Bday2007/L1001325-bw.jpg>
>
> Jan waved to a fishing boat as it stood into the harbor at high tide:
>
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/Bday2007/L1001343-bw.jpg>
>
> For those of you who haven't been to Monterey Bay, do go to the
> aquarium, it's one of the region's wonders. After a day at the
> aquarium you can come up to Moss Landing and take one of the boat
> tours that runs up Elkhorn Slough, then dinner at Phil's!
>
> Comments welcome. All shot with M8, Sumicron 35 asph, and I think
> everything at 160. I do love this camera. The latest firmware is quite
> nice.
>
> Adam
>
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