Scrapbooks - College - Sophomore Year - Monterey Trip

Chris surprised me with a trip to Monterey one Saturday. It was so cool because I LURVE Monterey. Actually, now that I'm a parent I'm kinda surprised my parents let me go. I mean, it was a 3 hour drive there and back. With a boy. A boy I lurved. Then again, I was a 19 year old "adult" (I use that word loosely) with a very strong will. Plus, I was pretty trustworthy. Anywho, we went.

I love the northern California coast. It's so pretty and calm, and there's so much to see. Lance and I need to go on a trip there some time. (Although the coast is further down on the list than Europe. And Japan. And China. Sorry, CA. I've already seen you. It'd be like watching a rerun. A really great rerun, but still...)

I remember us talking about anything and everything during the 3 hour drive down and back. I know, me talk? Bizarre. (*sarcasm*) And listening to lots of music. I especially remember listening to the Spin Doctors CD. (Isn't that weird? Out of everything we did, I remember that CD? It was several years old by then, too!)

Again, I love the coast of northern California; it's just so pretty! (I do love Indiana, but I wish it were closer to an ocean. I used to take walks along the bay during the summers I worked at my dad's company in Richmond. I'd contemplate life, the universe, and everything. And what I could do to get out of having to go back into that dang huge and dang cold walk-in freezer. Yep, I spent half a summer doing inventory in a freezer bigger than my house. What a glamorous life I led!)

Back on track. China Cove. I had always wanted to go there and was so excited to see it in real life! It was so pretty.

We hiked and played a little in the water. I think I must have been kind of boring because I remember just sitting on the beach and looking and looking and looking. I remember feeling very mature and grown up. I also remember getting the itch to travel and just wanting to wander the world and bemoaning the fact that I did not have the funds to make that wish come true. (I still bemoan this...)

Chris and I were a lot alike in many ways, and one way was planning stuff. He was so pleased with himself for planning this trip and printing out the maps and everything. (This was early-internet days, so printing out a map was kind of a big deal.) ((Ancient.)) He also printed out info about the area, history and stories and things like that. Something I would totally do. (And I do.)