Monterey Trip Chronicles - Day 3

Monday, March 16th Highlights

1. Carmel Mission

2. Forge in the Forest for lunch (Carmel)

3. Caledonia Park (Pacific Grove)

4. Ghiradelli shop for hot fudge sundaes! (Fisherman's Wharf)

Chris wanted to hike Jack's peak on Monday morning and we arrived at the park gates 10 minutes before the park opened. Unfortunately, the park ranger did not come down and unlock the gates. After waiting 30 min.... we decided to leave. A little frustrating.

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We headed to the Carmel mission next. This mission is beautiful as you can see from the pictures. Emily picked out a rosary in the mission shop - pink (of course) with heart shaped beads. She is very excited about it.

After the mission, we went into Carmel for lunch. We were going to stop at the Tuck Box for tea and scones... we did this on our last trip here... but they only take cash and we had very little. Instead, Chris thought we should try Forge in the Forest. This restaurant had a great fire pit inside and nice patio seating outside. The kids were intrigued by the fire and we had the place to ourselves since we were eating around 2:00 again. The food was good and the kids were happy because they had Kraft Mac n' cheese. Kids are easy to please.

We took the kids to Caledonia park in Pacific grove so they could play next. This park has some great playground equipment, green areas, and nice bathrooms. We got to the park around 3:30 and there were lots of kids playing there after school. Emily quickly found some friends and had lots of fun. I was able to take a nap in the car with David and Lia... decadent... and then they all got some good play time in after naps. Our little Lia dearly loves to play these days!

To end another fun day, Chris treated us to a hot fudge sundae at the Ghiradelli shop in Fisherman's Wharf. I thought we could all share if everyone had spoons... oh no... our Emily was a bit agressive and David wasn't getting his share so we had to implement some rules... We had to take turns getting a spoonful of the sundae... one person at a time. It made it last a little longer... but it was gone quick!

I'll update again tomorrow.