I am a bit remiss in posting this, well, posting anything really, but I am taking a few minutes to write this post. A great place to stay in Monterey is the Otter Inn. It is reasonably priced, clean, and a stone’s throw from Cannery Row. Easily accessible from California Highway 1 south, the Otter Inn sits one block away from Cannery Row at 571 Wave Street, Monterey, CA 93940. They have a web site at www.otterinn.com that you should check out.
My wife and I decided, (well, I sort of talked her into this) to venture down to Monterey, CA on the coast to celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary. I figured that two nights in Monterey would be a perfect mini get-away. A good friend (thanks Scott) recommended the Otter Inn, saying that it was within walking distance from Cannery Row, a clean place to lay your head at night and fairly reasonably priced. It was indeed all of that.
We started our little journey out on a Tuesday afternoon. We headed south on Highway 101 and made a slight detour in Gilroy for a bite to eat at Famous Dave’s. My wife loves ribs and Famous Dave’s offer up an excellent rib with out of this world BBQ sauce. They have a good range of sauces all the way up to a pretty hot number. You can’t go wrong with any of their sauce choices. We had a great lunch and were ready to head on out on our Monterey adventure.
We got back on 101 heading south. It wasn’t long before we veered off on CA 156 toward the Monterey Peninsula. While listening to a repeat of the Mother’s Day message delivered by a wonderful mother from our church (Twin Oaks Church) we quickly came upon CA Highway 1 and headed further south. Very soon you could smell the salt water in the air and we knew that the Pacific Ocean was soon to follow. About 15 minutes later we were pulling into the ground level parking area of the Otter Inn. Registration was very quick, and after picking up the complimentary basket of goodies we headed off to our room.
The next several days were spent walking all over Cannery Row. We probably went into just about every shop along Cannery Row. It was very tiring at the end of every day but my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed our selves. We certainly got in our exercise on a daily basis. The only place we did not enter was the aquarium. Little did I know but just one week later I would be venturing back to visit that very same aquarium on a bus load of screaming kindergarteners.
One of several great eating establishments there on Cannery Row is Bubba Gump. I had some of the best clam chowder that I have had on the west coast. Many of the other places we ate at were very good. A few of the restaurants are a little bit pricey, but all in all every restaurant we dined at was very enjoyable indeed.
