He collected up all the laundry and stuffed it into a bag, which he struggled to fit through the trunk (boot) opening. It pretty much weighed in the same as last time, which should be no surprise as it is about 95% of his clothes.
After dropping it off, he started driving while he thought about where and what to do. It was 10am and already hot, as he drove along with the roof down, shades and hat on, he decided to head to Monterey (he did not actually stop there last time he went that way).
From where he was, he got on Highway 101 and headed south, about 50 miles later he parked up at Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey.
After a pint in the "London Bridge Pub" he walked toward Cannery Row and the Aquarium, as he walked along, he ended up walking with some Religious types (bears, long hair, simple while clothes) one of them had spent twenty years just walking, they started to discuss faith.
MrGrumpy is generally an atheist, but is tolerant of religion as he believes everybody in entitled to their own views. He walked for about a mile chatting with them, it was not a revelation or epiphany but it was a quite an relaxing and chilled experience (maybe the beer he had just had helped).
When they arrived at Cannery Row, MrGrumpy bid them farewell and continued on with a more positive outlook than usual.He decided not to go into the famous Aquarium today, at $35 he thought it best to wait until LittleMissNaughty was over, then they could both go.
After a StarBucks it was time to start heading back toward the car, he had paid for 4 hours parking and 3 hours were already gone.
Instead of returning on Highway 101 he stuck to Highway 1 and headed toward Santa Cruz. As he left the comfortable warmth of the coast the temperature started to increase. By the time he was arriving back at San Jose there was no cool air, even at 60MPH the air was pretty hot.
He needed to get some more beer, so stopped at the BevMo nearby. There is a time / temp display, at 5:45pm in SanJose the temp was 101 deg F (over 38 deg C), he was glad that he had headed for the coast.
It was now time for some food, as there was a RoundTable pizza right there, he decided to try that. It did not go very well, he stood for 5+ mins and nobody even asked him if he wanted a table, so he turned around and left (his positive attitude was starting to wear off), time for another choice for food.
He headed towards where WalMart and BestBuy is, he had seen a couple of placed to eat there. When he got there the choice was "Britannia Pub" or another Pizza place, given his experience already with pizza he went to the pub. It was not very busy, but the service was not quick, at least my order was not messed up (unlike the table next to him, where they were waiting for drinks and the starters arrived at the same time as their mains). His burger was fine, and when the pint arrived it was alright too.
Time to head home, put on the aircon and watch some NetFlix.
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