Yosemite to Monterey

We set off fairly early to drive back into Yosemite. We decided to go into the park and out the south entrance for a bit of variety. The views of the various mountains we had seen in the valley all in a row were fantastic.....and we got to see a proper (though small in comparison to winter) waterfall called Bridalveil Falls.

Then a long and rather complicated trip to Monterey as we got a little bit lost - a combination of not big enough scale maps and appaling signs on the roads! Never mind - we got there. What a hot journey. Temperatures reaching 100!

We went to Moss Landing before we got to the hotel in Monterey. What an amazing place - more Sea Otters in one location than we had ever seen; and close up too. What with the seals; plover; godwits; pelicans and seals it was a twitchers paradise! And I have to say, a much lower temperature.