Read Your Rights

Halloween is quickly approaching and the Clark's have done things a little differently this year. Instead of Mer spending countless hours sewing and perfectly assembling a rich collection of costumes, we went out and purchased some over the internet. Here is Officer Clark talking about his favorite aspects of the job:

The Penguins of Sea World

Zhu Zhu Pets

For those of you who didn't see this on facebook:

'Ready to Forgive'

A little video for your viewing pleasure. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

California

Here are some more shots of lovely California:

This is Monterey Bay. So beautiful. We ate at a Mexican food restaurant here tonight. Had a very entertaining waiter that reminded me of how the Mexican people are willing to 'encourage' you to eat and drink far past your original intentions.

The Bay is wonderful, took this one while lagging behind the group with the younger kids.

This is one of the managers at the restaurant. She is a couple of days away from having her baby. This is the margarita machine that she's mixing up. It takes 12 bottles of Tequila, 3 bottles of Triple Sec and then a box of sweet and sour mix. She says they go through 1 or 2 of these on a Friday night!

The big surf crashing into waves as we traveled along the Big Sur.

Please don't worry I am in no immediate danger as this picture was being taken. This is an example of the terrain that we were dealing with as we traveled along the Big Sur though.

The kids did not remain as alert as I was along this crazy drive!!! That Gravol really helps keep a peaceful drive though.

The California Coast

We continue our journey up the California Coast these past few days. It has turned out to be quite the adventure. Today we drove 'The Big Sur' a death defying drive beside crashing waves and incredible cliffs. While driving over one of the bridges the van was actually splashed by a wave!!!

We took it easy though and successfully made it to our destination for tonight: Salinas. It is close to the aquarium that we're taking the kids to tomorrow. The Monterey Bay aquarium is world renown for its spectacular aquariums and open ocean viewing room. But here are some pictures to 'tide' you over:

Here's Hugh on Avila Beach. We had a wonderful time on the beach here the waves were huge for us, but not that big for California. The kids were amazed by the undertow on the waves that came in.

This picture is taken in Solvang CA, sounds like a place that Dracula goes for vacation, but it actually was a beautiful little town with Danish roots. The town was known for its wonderful bakeries and wine tasting. I think the people were a little annoyed with how touristy the town had become as there were some seemingly grumpy people.

Here are some more of the waves at Avila Beach. Owen, Gemma, Joseph and Lucia were the only ones brave enough to take to the surf.

Like father, like son eh?

Is that Andrew or is that David Haslehoff? I'm not sure, we'd have to take off his shirt and see if he has a hairy chest!



Okay, maybe David Hasselhoff looks a little diferent.

Alright, this kissing thing is just getting carried away!