DAY 3 (Jan 29th)
This day was full of fun such as visiting the Monterey Aquarium, rock climbing explorations, and of course, performing at First Presbyterian Church in Monterey.
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| James is never satisfied with just one cup of coffee. |
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| There was a Waldo sighting |
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| Shortly after getting off of the bus to head to the Aquarium. |
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| Dis is de grumpy cat. |
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| Our intro to what we could do inside. |
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| Twas an Sardine typhoon! |
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| The Sunfish |
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| Love at first sight! The puffin kept swimming into the glass towards Alex. |
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| We had fun in the kid's section. Never gets old. |
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| One Sardine was above the influence. |
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| They even had animal feeding shows with scuba drivers |
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| Claire was overjoyed to find the penny pressing machine. |
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| And then we climbed rocks on our way to El Torito |
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| Can you spot Alex? |
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| Gwen found the perfect chillin' spot. |
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| Helene got real excited |
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| It's moments like these that make you want to do superheroic poses |
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| It was happening. |
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| At El Torito ready for Mexican food! |
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| Then there was an intense stare off |
Day 4 (Jan 30th)
This day was primarily our day at the Rocky Point restaurant. As a wise man named Daniel said, "Fancy restaurants are fancy" and Rocky Point was no exception.
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| This was the view from my table at Rocky Point. |
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| Kira, looking fabulous as ever! |
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| This was the ultimate rock exploration experience! |
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| The scenery was crazy beautiful! |
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| We even found small caves. |
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| Alex got tired after all that climbing. |
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| Dat view tho! |
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| agua |
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| AGUA! |
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| AGUAAAAAAAA!!!!!! |
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| That's a long way down! |
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| Our awesome bus driver and Nathan dodging traffic on the side of the road. |
Day 5 (Jan 5th)
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| This was the view coming down from my home stay family's place in Monterey. |
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| The back of the bus is where it's at! |
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| Daniel at the dolphin fountain by the Santa Barbara Pier |
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| On our way to get us some tacos! (Wait, when did Lydia get there?) |
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| NOMS! |
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| This was by the Segerstrom Concert Hall and this picture does this masterpiece of a building no justice. |
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| They decorated the building for the theme of their Shostakovich concert. |
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| Questionable allegiances? |
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| Clarinet selfie! |
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| Our very informative tour guide. |
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| Inside Segerstrom Concert Hall |
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| The ceiling shape is like a guitar |
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| Inside the blue hall: an instrumental part of the hall's acoustics' control. |
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| THEY'RE HEEERRREEEE!!!!!! IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!! |
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| The pre-concert lecture was an interesting interview with the guy on the left who was a friend of Shostakovich. |
Day 6 (Feb 1st)
Hurray for beach days and concerts! This day we went to hang out for 3 hours at the Santa Monica Pier and later perform at California Lutheran University.
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| My good pal Wagner came to visit and watch our concert at CLU! Twas great to catch up. |
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| and of course get my fill of In-N-Out after the show. |
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| Satisfied! |
