Monterey Coastal Recreation Trail - day1

May 1st extreme Heat pushed me into taking a trip to bike on one of the trails I've been thinking to try out for years.  So next day I was stuck in our house to choose and make hotel reservations and found interesting seafood restaurants to dine on our favorites.

We avoided commute traffic by leaving late in the morning, after 3 hours driving we arrived at the parking lot in the Eucalyptus grove a little after Noon. 

And we started bicycling among the joggers, cyclists, walkers, and strollers. We were enjoying the thrill to across the main roads here and there, but following the yellow line all the way to Lovers Point was so easy, relaxing and fun that we arrived sooner than we expected. 

And u-turned back to the Cannery Row area, and had lunch.

We got off the trail and walked on Hoffman ave to Foam st, and ate at Sea Harvest Fish Market and Restaurant.

Calamari chips and french fries.

Crab sandwich and coleslaw.

I ate one sandwich and salad.
Then I forgot to start the cyclometer, so the map was stopped there, but we returned to the parking lot. 4.9+2.0=6.9 miles riding.

We came to visit Monterey a long time ago, but we never biked together through Fisherman's Wharf, Cannery Row, and Lovers Point before. So this was a superb experience for us.  

The most delicious meal we had this trip was the dinner on that night.
That was spicy "Cajun style Sand Dabs on a bed of Ravioli" which had crab meat inside at Fishwife Seafood Cafe and pasta at 789 Trinity Ave, Seaside.  We felt in heaven.

It was very worthwhile to walk 2 miles round trip from our hotel.