West Coast (California)

Two-third family picture at Big Sur.

Sister City Park (Monterey, CA)

Tyson loved his clam chowder at Old Fisherman's Wharf.

San Carlos Beach

Up close to a group of sea lions.

Gianni's Pizza (Monterey, CA)

Carmel Beach

The famous Pebble Beach golf course in the background.

Just horsing around.

Strolling down Ocean Ave.

Dutch Door Donuts were so good (Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA).

Big Sur

View of Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park.

Nepenthe (Big Sur, CA)

Steak and frites. 

Sand City Beach

This was the end of our beach visits.

The Butter House served American brunch and Filipino breakfast (Seaside, CA).

Miscellaneous pictures:

On our way to California, which ended up being close to 12 hours with the flight delays.

Employee benefit and retention surcharge 😕

For being a Marriott Gold Elite member, I was gifted the world's smallest bag of chips.

Unfortunately for Tyson, the pink jean jacket was a bit too small.

It was 102 degrees in Fresno.

Messing around at El Estero Park (Monterey, CA).

These gas prices... 😬

I'm definitely not a quitter.

Ramen Hayashi, a fast causal ramen place (Clovis, CA).

Delicious burgers at Smash Bros Bistro (Fresno, CA).

Putt-putt at Blackbeard's since we had a few hours to kill before our flight home.