2nd annual Fathers Day trip

So after the great fun we had last year, (you can read about it here) the boys are off again! This year we are going whale watching! Of course it is a toss up as to what is more exciting for the boys, the hotel stay or the actual adventure the next day. The Hotel has a pool a HOT TUB and a fire pit! so they are pretty excited. We got to Monterey around 8:30 p.m. and within 5 minutes they were in the hot tub. Of course the batteries on the camera were dead, so pictures won't come 'till tomorrow but suffice to say, after a great game of marco polo and many contests to see who could swim the longest without taking a breath, they were all ready to hit the hay. Back to the room, and they have all fallen asleep within minutes.

Saturday, Caleb and I awoke and headed to the gym at the hotel. Caleb rode the stationary bike while I ran and lifted some weights. After we got back to the room it was shower and getting dressed in a hurry because the most exciting part of the day was about to happen! Thats Right! Breakfast at the Hotel! WooooHoooo! How quickly can the Minnick boys make the Hotel wish they did not have an all you can eat buffet! and who said that you can't go to the cook and get three plates of bacon, or a crepe stuffed with eggs and syrup, or maybe just some scrambled eggs with ummmmm... ummmmmm..... ummmmm.... no, actually how about just a some bacon and ummmmm.... ummmmmm.... ummmmmmm... no, i think i'll just have some cereal, Yea cereal! oh and some scrambled eggs... oh and some bacon! (can you guess who this was?)

After we broke the hotel and made the waitress cry because the boys were so cute, (and after William charmed all the older couples into thinking he was the cutest boy they had ever seen) we finished up and headed out. Then it was off to the Dennis the Menace park accross the street from fishermans warf in Monterey.

After playing for awhile it was time to go and get the tickets for the Boat. So off we headed for the Warf and to the boat! Whales here we come!

Of course there were seals that we had to watch, the boys thought it was really funny when they made all their noises... because "they sound like dad!" ha ha .... ha... uhhhum.... |-|

Finally, after waiting for what seemed like all day to spencer, we were able to board the boat.

We were prepared this time and the boys all had their dose of Dramamine because last year we did not have our see legs and spent the whole trip sick and asleep.... oh wait, thats what happened this year too!

Actually, the boys did not get sick this time, the sea was not as rough as last year, but the medication put them right to sleep... they all got to see at least one whale though before they could not fight off the drugs any longer....

Caleb actually did stay awake until the last hour and the boys did stay awake long enough to see a couple of whale flukes, but taking pitures was actaully pretty hard because I had to help the boys see where the whales were. So I only got a few (not very good) pictures.

After the trip was over the boys were starving, because I only let them eat a light lunch for fear of turning our whale watching trip into a fish chumming trip.... so we all had clam chowder in bread bowls on the warf and then headed for home. Of course Preston cried and cried because we were not going back to the hotel....

There are more pictures of our trip in the Photo Gallery ( clickity click)

This entry was posted on June 14th, 2008 at 02:26:22 am and is filed under General Banter.

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