May 2001
Detour Version 1.0

Day 15

To each, his own.

Steve wanted another southern slice of the PCH, while I wanted to revisit some old haunts on the peninsula and the new to me Monterey Aquarium.

The aquarium’s 35 foot tall, swaying kelp beds were entrancing. The geriatric otters (>14 years old) in residence were still hilariously entertaining.

We took runny cheese, a French baguette, champagne, and red wine to a a not-so-sunny sunset for a darkening feasting as the fast-moving overcast was thick and quieting. Very peaceful. We tried to find a dry rock path to a large offshore rock outcropping to spy on the otters, but incoming tides thwarted us.

Dinner was at an old local’s favorite Italian place in Pacific Grove. In addition to the super food was the special, funky verbal garnish thrown our way by our 70s Big Sur area born/raised male waiter and the restaurant’s transvestite owner upon their spying my Chippendale-looking motorcycling partner Steve and their learning that I was headed back to live in Key West once again. What a blast from the past, present and future.

Day 15 miscellany and counts:

Daily Windshield Bug Smash Bingo Game winners: none

Query count as of the end of Day 15:

Where’re you going? – 16
What’s that: (Steve’s Valkyrie) – 7
Damsels in distress? – 7

Observation #10 & #11: all the cars on the peninsula were foreign and very clean. They all seemed to have been detailed recently. Dinner side salads on the peninsula started at ~$9. The salad industry appears to be doing quite well with the term “salad days’” meaning in full morph mode.

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