Today we woke up to the chirping of birds and promptly had breakfast as the morning fog cleared. After a quick stop at a grocery store, we were on our way to Monterey! We passed through the rolling hills of California's strawberry fields where the air smelled sweet with fresh strawberries (sadly, they were commercial farms and there weren't any stands to buy them), and we continued on towards town. We had lunch in Castroville, also known as the Artichoke Center of the World! We stopped at a bike shop (shout out to Rooster Wheels, who stayed open an hour after closing to help us!), ate a hearty dinner of Mexican food, and then continued to our campsite on a hill that overlooks Monterey. We enjoyed Cookie Butter (our newest, but definitely not only, condiment) before going to bed. On to Big Sur tomorrow!
