In the Bay of Monterey

I went up to Monterey Bay this weekend to visit CSUMB with my brother and parents. It was a nice mini-vacation although I underestimated the 5 hour drive. I honestly didn't think it was that far. It didn't help that my dad missed one of the highways so we ended up going a little too far inland and then had to travel back to the coast, which took an extra 2 hours.


We finally got there (thanks to the GPS on my iPhone) at around 7:45 pm. I was exhausted and starving, but thankfully we stayed near Cannery Row at the Otter Inn, a familiar little hotel we stayed in a few years ago. This means we were about 2.5 blocks away from Bubba Gump's so my tummy was happy :)



I wish we would have gotten there earlier to explore and hang out more but I knew the purpose of the trip was to let Albert see the campus so I didn't complain.

On Saturday I was awoke by seagulls quite early. I think thats one thing about living near the ocean that I wouldn't like. We drove up to seaside and had breakfast at a quaint little diner that had excessive owl decorations. I had a banana and apple juice because of the massive cinnamon roll i consumed in the hotel room prior to departure.


The actual campus os CSUMB was kind of tiny and bland. It was cute and the weather was nice but it's just completely different from USC. there was actual greenery... haha. The campus was built on an old military base and there was still abandoned barracks and training areas on the outskirts of campus. it was kind of odd because the buildings looked condemned and haunted. The tour was obnoxiously long and the guide was on step away from being slapped if she said "YAY!" one more time... I swear...





It seemed like Albert was into the location but not too thrilled about the school. I think he would actually really like it there but its very far and he wouldn't have his precious car (despite what he thinks, my parents have firmly said NO). He's always been more of a homebody than me so I don't know how that would work out. I'm sure he could do it but I don't know if its worth it cuz the media/comm/film programs arent that great and thats what he's thinking of doing. But whatever, if he does choose to go up there at least I can go to the aquarium and see the sea otters when I visit! hehe




Oh and while we waited for the tour to start I managaed to do some damage at Old Navy and Target, including purchasing new shoes, shirts, and a HSM3 DDR game for PS2. I need to bring the PS2 to school now cos that game is flippin awesome!


The drive down was mch quicker even though the car kept breaking down. Got home around 930ish and knocked out shortly thereafter.