Today was our best day yet! We started out (after our high fiber breakfast, of course!) by crossing Monterey to look at the town of Pacific Grove, which is right on the point of the peninsula. It was easily the most charming and best looking community we have visited so far, though I don't know much about the substance behind its appearance. There is a decent community course there with ocean views, but the whole picture seemed a bit staid.
So we took off for Santa Cruz, passing through several smaller communities en route, including the huge agricultural center of Watsonville, known for strawberries and artichokes. Upon our arrival in "Surf City" we visited an excellent public course. Built in 1970 in a park near the mountains, it had unbelievable redwoods everywhere. Rich talked with a 70 year old player there and the setting felt like a good fit. We were then off to explore the community, including a more suburban course, which had water views and redwoods, but was not of the same caliber. After lots of driving and looking we found our motel-of-the-day and again "moved in." We ended up downtown for dinner at a Mexican place in a fabulous old hotel building with high arched ceilings. Heavenly. The downtown crowd was as eclectic as the books say, and there was live street music on every corner. I am now remembering why I wanted to do this!
Tomorrow, a big step: check out housing!
No comments:
Post a Comment