SPECIAL PLACES

We all have them. A special place we love to visit or go to just chill out and

relax. Mine is anything water-related. When I lived in Ca. for all those years,

the place to go was Carmel or Monterey. I enjoyed Lake Tahoe area, but my

heart was always on the beach by the ocean. ANY CITY would do. When Sue

moved to Santa Barbara I was so jealous. She was RIGHT THERE on the

coast. It was easily available to her at any given time. ME.. I had to drive

hours to get to the ocean. I didn’t know how lucky driving those hours was.

When I moved back to Michigan, I still had the water, but it was not the roar

of the ocean waves. Their power is just so awesome. We have waves here

on our shores of Michigan. Sometimes they are pretty powerful too.

They just don’t compare to the PACIFIC OCEAN though.

 

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To be able to go there when you wanted to, well that was a treat.  When someone

was going, I was always happy to join in. Carmel was a quaint town, small

and very busy in the summertime. Small it is  a great tourist attraction,located in

Monterey county along with Monterey, the city.

This is where MONTEREY-JACK cheese got it’s start.

 

I RAMBLE.  I could talk a lot about my visits there over my 20 years time.

Some of my favorite memories in that area were driving down the whole

17 mile drive where the famous golf courses is.. PEBBLE BEACH. Trying to take pictures

and not fall into the ocean!! The look on my sister’s face when she saw the ocean for the

first time in her adult life. PRICELESS!  She proceded to lay on the beach and get as

red as a lobster! Went home to Michigan from her trip, running a fever and smelling

of cream that she had slathered all over her. ME. nahhhh won’t catch me sitting

in the sun..I was a lot smarter than that!!  She under-estimated the power

of the California sun!!

What brought this place to mind was seeing the news of deep

discounts in fares and prices for just about everything under the sun in HAWAII

now. Tourism is way down there and they are doing some crazy things

to get people to come and spend time in paradise.

I think I would love to see the PACIFIC from the other side on Hawaii

since I have seen much of it from the Ca. side. Maybe one day

when I get rich and win the lottery. I can dream!!  When that day happens

I hope to make a great SPACES reunion there and we can all

explore it together. 

DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE THAT YOU LOVE TO GO MORE

THAN ANY OTHER???

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