We had decided that we were going to explore Monterey before heading into Yosemite, and initially we wanted to go to the aquarium. We eventually decided against it as it was $40 entry each and we figured we would need the whole day, so again we put this on our list to come back to! Instead we caught the MST trolley outside hotel Pacific, a free trolly service that takes you to Fishermans Wharf, then onto the aquarium. We decided to get off there as it was the fur...

So, this morning Claire woke up feeling sick and I woke up super grumpy and tired. I wasn't looking forward to another long day driving after yesterday but how different today ended up. It turned out to be a great day and restored our faith in our crazy, ambitious monstrosity of a roadtrip! We started off with a free breakfast, always a bonus, and filled up with fuel and popped into Whole Foods before leaving Santa Barbara. Whole Foods was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. We saw...