An Afternoon at Cannery Row in Monterey, California

It's a perfect day for 

sailing.

Historic Monterey Parking

There is also paid street

parking here.

Eric and I were surprised by the "cold" 65 degree weather here.  It's about 20 degrees cooler in Monterey than in Paicines.  

We walk down the hill

towards Cannery Row.

John Steinbeck's 1945 book, Cannery Row, is set on the gritty waterfront Fish Processing Plants and the down-on-their-luck locals who work together to do something special for their friend, "Doc."

The Cannery Row Memorial

A Chinese Fisherman, Madam Flora Woods and one of her girls,  Ed Ricketts, one of the fathers of Marine Biology and the entrepreneurs who worked to revitalize Cannery Row are memorialized here.

Monterey Canning Company 

now houses shops.

Hovden Food Products, the last Monterey Cannery closed in 1973.  The land the factory sat on is now the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Eric & his new Monterey

Hoodie.

No new Hoodie for me.  I'm wearing the one we bought in Key West, Florida.

I admire this older

building.

It's the Spindrift Inn.

This Cannery Row landmark

was built in 1927 & 

is carefully maintained.

Let's get Lunch at

Lalla Oceanside Grill.

Diners have an ocean view.

Our light Lunch is Clam

Chowder Bread Bowls &

Martinis.

A waterfront stroll...

Eric looks out at the

water.

An oceanside

selfie

That brownish stuff in the

water is Giant Kelp.

I look down on the

rocky shoreline.

Monterey has preserved its 

history & created a popular

waterfront Tourist Area.