Taylor Man Trip 2007

Taylor Man Trip, April 2007

John, Sam and I took our annual Man trip April 14 - 16. Since we are all spread around the country we decided to converge California and head for the Monterey Bay for a little sightseeing, hiking, and rabble-rousing. It was pouring rain on the 1st day so we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Of course, being the doofus I am I forgot my camera so no pictures from our visit there, but I can tell you we had a good time, took in all the exhibits, and enjoyed all of the stuff we saw. It stopped raining so after pizza and a beer we took a little hike along the bay coastline and did some tide pooling. On the 15th (Sunday) we went hiking at Point Lobos, which is where all of these pictures are from (got better about the camera). There was a constant 15-20mph wind with gusts up to 50, and the waves were breaking insanely huge on the coast. We took a 4 hour, 8+ mile hike encompassing almost the entire perimeter of the park and then some, including almost all of the shoreline trails. The rest of our time was spent watching manly movies (GrindHouse, 300), eating manly food (all vegetables were safe), and consuming manly drinks (we leave no beer behind). It was a fantastic outing, and we really enjoyed the chance to be together and spend some quality time hanging out, talking and having some fun.