a short holiday

Feeling a need to escape for a couple of days, the Retties set out for Monterey. We have a rather indirect route we like to take which sends us to San Juan Bautista. After a stop at the Mission Cafe, a classic diner, I felt like I was on holiday. The reason for that was my hash browns, and the grape jelly I spread on my sour dough toast. I don't know what it is, I not that enamored of grape jelly, but those little packets just signify vacation. And crispy hash browns with ketchup, hmmmm. Okay, so I had corned beef hash too. We used to be able to get a good pozole, but alas, the establishment is gone that served it. This was the first of our branching out in the restaurant department of the trip

Being quite full we wandered to the Mission Gallery, an establishment I highly recommend. The owners certainly have us in mind in their choices of artists. We actually purchase a small Stephen McMillan aquatint etching. We have another piece of his, and it's the least we can do to help the art economy. And the owners are incredibly friendly, not pushy, and happy to show you pieces.

Here is the highlight of our visit:

Quite a vehicle, here's a closeup:

More trip details later, my computer resides in one of the coldest locations in the house, time to knit and cover up with some wool.