Butterfly Grove Inn, Pacific Grove

More new experiences today starting with a drive through Elkhorn Slough.  This is "7-mile-long tidal slough and estuary on Monterey Bay in Monterey County, California. It is California's second largest estuary and the United States' first estuarine sanctuary."

An interesting road to get through the Slough!  The photos below were taken through the window. 

Then it was on to Moss Landing Harbor.   This is huge!   By accident we discovered there is a campground in the harbor and it looks pretty good.  If we had known about this yesterday we would have stayed there instead and been happier. 

The coastline as we got close to Monterey, as we're flying by at 60 mph.

A stop at Monterey Harbor for a walk around, lunch and Norm checking out a boat for sale. 

Boy, did we luck out with this hotel!  We're thrilled and will stay here another night and do some exploring.   It's been many years since we were here.  We used to come up with Norm's folks and sometimes Pat and Ed as well.