Saturday, September 22, 2007

Encounters with Nature

We started our trip at Point Lobos, for some hiking & a picnic. That place is gorgeous. It was a challenge to try it with a baby, though. Not a stroller friendly spot. I neglected to remember that about the trails... Being carried, Gillian just wanted to get down & play, in the pine needles, dirt, poison oak, etc.

The next day we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. She loved that & so did we. We didn't get any good pictures there, though.




The next day we went to Earthbound Farms in Carmel Valley. That was a little bit of a bust. Apparently, you can't look around too much, except on Saturdays, during scheduled events. The farm stand was nice. We bought some fruit. And, a farmer gifted Gillian with the lovely little pumpkin.

On our way home, we went to Wild Things Park, outside of Salinas. They train & care for wild animal celebrities. The lion in George of the Jungle, the leopard in Mighty Joe Young, black bears with a long list of appearances in TV & film, retired circus elephants.

And, now we are happy to be home!


4 comments:

Stef said...

Looks like you guys had so much fun! Thanks for the pics... Gillian gets cuter everyday!

Anonymous said...

Looks like you guys had a lot of fun! And Stef is right - Gillian is so cute!

Thanks for the comments on my baby food post. :-) I have occasional neurotic episodes about whether or not Jenna's diet is "normal." I think she's doing fine. And for the record - she's currently doing the same thing (less food, more bottle/nursing). I think it's teething; she wants extra comfort or something.

Also PS - we LOVED the chard. :-)

Anonymous said...

Ahhh, Auntie Leah loves that first picture! :)

Laura said...

Looks like you guys had a lot of fun! And Stef is right - Gillian is so cute!

Thanks for the comments on my baby food post. :-) I have occasional neurotic episodes about whether or not Jenna's diet is "normal." I think she's doing fine. And for the record - she's currently doing the same thing (less food, more bottle/nursing). I think it's teething; she wants extra comfort or something.

Also PS - we LOVED the chard. :-)