This whale watching tour was in Monterey. It was a 2 hour drive each way and a 2 hour tour. Why aren't tour and hour pronounced similarly? -Tour/pore - hour/tower - Anyway, we had to be there by 2pm. We only had a little time to eat so we figured we'd go somewhere closer to Monterey for lunch. We were going to use some Chili's gift card up but were worried about making it on time. We decided on Wendy's. Just as we approached the Wendy's I saw a Long John Silver's partnered with a KFC. My fat/lard/cholesterol/fried foods craving gut screamed out the course adjustment to Jim who was in agreement. I love KFC, but Jim hates chicken on the bone (childhood trauma; a story for another day). We both like Long John Silver. What's not to like? EVERYTHING is deep fat fried. With 2 fried franchises staring me in the face, we both had Long John's Sampler. Fish, chicken, shrimp, hush puppies, french fries, and extra fried crumbly things on the bottom.... Mmmmm fried food heaven. It was a good thing we didn't do Chili's. By the time we ate, then drove to the wharf and found a parking spot, we were dead on time.
The wharf was cool. It was filled with restaurants, souvenir shops, and candy stores. Strange, all the restaurants featured seafood. It must have been some sort of theme or somethin'.
Once in Monterey, we went to their Fisherman's Wharf and boarded the boat. For the winter months, Gray Whales are all the rage.
There's not much to type about for this other than us seeing Sea Otters, Sea Lions and lots of whales. It was a pretty exciting experience. I took tons of pictures but with not having a super cool camera, the whales look like dots in the water.
Here's the best whale photo I snapped below:
Some more photos below:
(Above) There's a sea lion on the pier support beam.
(Above) The boat we were on.
(Above) Yes, we stopped at a Walmart. The flasks next to the booze, tisk tisk.
(Above) A vehicle in the parking lot.
WARNING: This is the end of the blog entry. The following is a story which contains toilet humor. If you are easily offend by toilet humor than stop reading now. Yes, this is classified as TMI (Too Much Information).
So, this morning I walked the dog. On our way back to the RV, I started to cramp. The morning bowel movement was ready. Once inside the RV, I went into the toilet room, and did my business. Before I could even wipe, I started feeling bad. My mouth kept salivating. I felt as though I was going to throw up. I could barely keep up with the saliva. I had to remain calm and not think about it. My mind began to think about what it would be like to throw up in this tiny room. It's so tiny, would I be able to kneel on the floor? If I could kneel on the floor, since I hadn't wiped yet, would I leave skid marks on the wall? Since I haven't flushed yet, would I be puking onto crap? Would my head be inches away from my own crap? Yes, this all "sobered" me up quickly. Miraculously, I felt fine.
Two things:
ReplyDeleteWere there actually people on your whale watching adventure without coats on? Really? Are they dead now?
And the bathroom dilemma was so much better understood with the bathroom photo illustration. Charming in every respect.
The glory of whale watching to the depths of the poop-or-puke dilemma. Fantastic stuff, my friend!
ReplyDeleteIt may be the closest a man can come to understanding morning sickness or symptoms of menstruation. Maybe you were channeling my ickies from yesterday? Maybe we are psychically linked??
TOO funny, I nearly spewed on my screen reading the last part.
ReplyDeletePS: You're kind of handsome Garret, but since I've been identified as a romantic stalker, I not only take it back but will lay low for awhile. At least until the police cruisers pass.
ReplyDeleteI wanna go whale watching some day (whine whine) Looks like you had a grand time!!
ReplyDeleteAs to the potty dilemma..... that could be quite a decision you'd have to make... which mess would be easier to clean up? .(here's some TMI right back atcha!) Actually happened to me once but fortunately I was only peeing. I chose to clean up pee off the floor rather than barf.
@Joanie: Ahhh, loved your story, pee or puke!
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I think we've(unfortunately) all had the "which end will be worse to clean up" dilemma. Sucks. I hope you're feeling better!
ReplyDelete(and PS I'm already planning on where i'm going to use my GoSanFransico Card! Remind me to NOT go where you caught your poo dilemma)
Oh, no. This is most unfortunate. Puking all over crap? Leaving skidmarks on the wall? So dismal.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Does that toilet flush like an airplane toilet or a cruise ship toilet?
@Jason: Neither really. Push on a foot pedal to fill and push another (or sometimes the same one harder) for the flap to drop aside and allow it to fall down into the hole. There's no p-trap and there's no tank.
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