Day 5 Continued

Way too much life went down on Day 5...must expound. After my sunset magical mystery tour of Big Sur, I finally pulled myself away from hours of stop and go sightseeing at atleast 10 turnoff sites and I pushed through to beautiful Pacific Grove (right next to Monterey). My earlier post mentioned the idea of old and new friends, this is where the new ones come into the story. After a quick chat to a somewhat new friend already in San Francisco about how I was worried my arrival in SF would be rushed and possibly too late, resulted in an immediate connection to an old friend of theirs, "My buddy lives in Monterey, I will give him a call, it's Capers good friend too". Ummm OK, sure why not...what's one more night out on the road?

I arrived to meet quite possibly the two nicest people I have ever met. Genuinely nice. Not even obnoxiously so. They made me feel welcome, they asked interesting questions and they provided a great ending to the greatest day. Mexican food was yet again consumed, although I will have to admit this was much better than Houston Mexican (sorry Squirt). After debating on whether or not we wanted to go out to a beach party (too damn cold for that), we ultimately decided to get a bottle of wine and chill with their guinea pigs at their home (Yup, you heard me right, GUINEA PIGS). Isn't that the most hilarious throw back to child hood pets? I never hear of anyone owning guinea pigs anymore! Well, it's a shame because apparently they are awesome. Fluffy and Fatty (best names ever and of course fitting) offered more jokes and entertainment than Tivo on a Thursday night. We stayed up late and talked and eventually my eyes won the battle...must sleep now. Air mattress, way comfy and fun to watch inflate : )