Monthly Archives: June 2020

The 17-Mile Drive to Pebble Beach and Carmel

Posted on June 11, 2020 by crowcanyonjournal

The 17-Mile Drive through Pebble Beach is a loop. We only drove from the gate in Pacific Grove to the gate at Carmel which was about 8 miles. From the Carmel Gate the drive heads east to the Highway 1 … Continue reading →

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Spanish Bay on the Monterey Peninsula

Posted on June 8, 2020 by crowcanyonjournal

Some people say it’s the most scenic drive in the country. Some say the world. So we thought that on the fourth and final day of our four-day Monterey Weekend that we would check out this 17-Mile Drive and see … Continue reading →

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Monterey’s Top Attraction: The Monterey Bay Aquarium

Posted on June 6, 2020 by crowcanyonjournal

We checked the weather forecast for our four-day weekend in Monterey last December and discovered that Sunday would be the gloomiest day with the most chance of rain. And so we planned our outdoor activities for other days and reserved … Continue reading →

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Our Pacific Grove Walk

Posted on June 5, 2020 by crowcanyonjournal

Pacific Grove is a quaint little town that sits on top of the Monterey Peninsula about 100 miles south of San Francisco. The town is noted for its scenic coast which is painted purple-pink when the ice plant is in … Continue reading →

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Monterey’s Cannery Row

Posted on June 1, 2020 by crowcanyonjournal

The central California coastline of Monterey Bay stretches for about 44 miles from Santa Cruz in the north to Pacific Grove in the south. The last six tenths of a mile of the road that runs along the city of … Continue reading →

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