We spent the morning walking around the Mission Ranch. The sheep were out and just as promised there was one black sheep mingling with all of the white ones. We had breakfast at the tennis club and then walked up to the Mission that was founded by a Catholic Priest over two hundred years ago. It was neat to see.
Once we checked out, we drove a mile or two to the downtown area of Carmel where they had blocks and blocks of shops for us to browse through. We found some shirts, jewelry, novelty items and candy that we all liked. Doug picked our lunch stop, Hog’s Breath Inn. It was formerly owned by Clint Eastwood until he sold it a couple of years ago to a friend of the family. Doug’s parents had visited it several decades earlier and Jeanette had brought him back a shirt from the restaurant. Doug had worn it to all four of the Heinisch children births. Although he still has it, it was very well worn. Thus, he decided to pick up another one to wear on a regular basis. We all enjoyed our lunch. Doug tried a Dirty Harry burger and I got a Love Potion - Play Misty for Me to drink. There were both delicious.
Once we left Carmel we drove to Pacific Grove to see the otters swim off of the rocks on the beach. It wasn’t quite as easy to see them as it was the sea lions at La Jolla or the elephant seals at San Simeon, but we were glad that we visited the beach. Our next stop was the Henry Cowell State Park where we walked a mile through the redwood trail. The size of trees was impressive to say the least and the walk was absolutely gorgeous. Cam enjoyed finding the banana slugs along the path and we were all glad that we visited the park.
We spent the evening with Doug’s Aunt Rose Mary and Uncle Mike. They live in San Jose. We had a wonderful visit with them and enjoyed the dinner that they made for all of us. Cam was impressed with their stock of ice cream in the freezer and Meg was glad for some downtime to FaceTime Nick as it was his nineteenth birthday.
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