Magical Monterey trip. Big Sur. Great work!
Had an amazing work trip down to Monterey. Working at the Concours d’Elegance, something I have always wanted to see.
Now there were far more Lambos down there than Prius cars!
Client put me in a magical hotel, the best hotel experience I’ve ever had. Monterey Bay Inn. The staff was terrific, and it was such a small boutique hotel on the water there were no common space rooms, so that meant breakfast was brought to your door every morning!
I was surrounded on two sides by beautiful Monterey Bay on the top floor of the Inn. I found out later I got The Honeymoon Suite – literally – my work buddy had been there last year for a wedding. I had a marble bathroom and open tub that looked right out to the ocean and a balcony over the water. It was fantastic every morning and often I’d get back to enjoy it in the late afternoon.
The cars were awesome there. And I got released early one day (we started early most days), and I got changed fast and took Green Magic down the famous Route 1 coastline into the heart of Big Sur.
At the final place I stopped at – just beyond Julia Phiefer beach with the rock formation cutout – I pulled in a great turnout with beautiful southern view. There I saw whales galore! Breaching out of the water, I couldn’t count the numbers I saw. I only had my pocket Canon SD camera with me with silly zoom so here’s the best pics I could muster with it.
We had great meals for the trip, frequenting the Tiki Bar restaurant maybe 3 nights. An easy walk for our crew from two hotels.
I’m hoping to go back next year for this event, it was the best assignment I’ve had this year!
My beautiful hotel room views out both directions:
Riding down Route 1 to Big Sur Saturday.
The magical view from Nepenthe restaurant.
Julia Pheiffer beach, near where I turned around.
Those are the flukes of the whale’s tail. Also the back of one coming out of the water highest mark above the rocks.
The Bixby Bridge.
Riding down to Monterey on day one. Wednesday. Zipped out of work in Belmont asafp, to beat some traffic and make a crew dinner in Monterey. Got there a little early so snapped some pics just north of town. Had to pack a fair bit of gear for 4.5 days and a shirt and tie and fancy shoes for Sunday.
My favorite car of all time: 1966 Ford GT40. I would own one if I could! Sex on wheels.
Hotel and balcony and a breakfast morning. The early breakfast moments each morning right by the water were sublime.
Grill of the 1937 Delahaye 145 Franay Cabriolet.
Last full day work there: Sunday show. Yes, that’s an actual ’65 Shelby Cobra Daytona.
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