701 Asilomar Boulevard, Pacific Grove, California, 93950, United States
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Some of the best views of Monterey Bay are on Ocean View Blvd; at Lovers Leap there is a pile of boulders you can walk to. From these boulders you get great views of the bay, the town, and if you come at the right time, sunrise or sunset. There are many other great places along Ocean View Blvd and Sunset Drive that have spectacular views, only I probably didn't find them on my trip.
We attended the Pacific Grove Good Old Days festival on 21 April 2007. Though the city tries to downplay the event as a small, local festival, it is rather large with 260 vendors, four or five stages with live music most of the weekend, and some 50,000 visitors. The showcases of the festival are the parade and the police motorcycle demonstration and competitions. They also claim this is Monterey County's largest art and craft show. We spent a few hours walking along Lighthouse Avenue's vendors and live stages, chatting with a few local artists and authors. We also sampled a few foods such as tri-tips from a barbecue restaurant in Barstow, California. The festival shuts down rather early, so we had a great dinner in PG at Fandango's restaurant in town. Not the greatest event of this type I have attended, but it's something to do if you're in the area.
The Good Old Days festival in 2007 was the 50th annual event.
This historic lighthouse was established in1855 and automated in 1975. Other structures on the site are the oil house, cistern and radiobeacon. It is open to the public under a lease to the CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE/MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Hours of operation: 1 - 4 p.m., Thursday -Monday Admission is free
From http://www.pgmuseum.org/
"The first light source was a whale oil lantern in which the oil was forced up from a tank by a gravity-operated piston. A falling weight mechanism rotated a metal shutter around the light causing the beam to be cut off to seaward for 10 out of every 30 seconds. ...
"Point Pinos was named by the Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino in 1602 during an exploration of the California coastline for the Count of Monterrey, the acting Viceroy of New Spain (Mexico). The name Punta de los Pinos translated to "Point of the Pines", an appropriate designation for the thickly wooded northern tip of the Monterey Peninsula where the pines grew almost to the water's edge.
" In 1850, after the Mexican War and the American acquisition of Alta California, Congress appropriated funds for the construction of lighthouses on the West Coast. In 1852, the Secretary of the Treasury ordered the building of seven beacons along the California coast, one of which was to be located at Point Pinos, the dangerous southern entrance to the Monterey Bay.
"The first lightkeeper was Charles Layton, appointed to the post at $1000 per year. He was killed in 1856 while serving as a member of the sheriff's posse chasing the notorious outlaw, Anastacio Garcia. He was succeeded by his widow, Charlotte, who remained head lightkeeper until 1860, when she married her assistant lightkeeper, George Harris.
"The most famous lightkeeper was Mrs. Emily Fish, who served from 1893 to 1914. She was called the "Socialite Keeper" due to her love of entertaining guests at the lihthouse."
Every year this small area of PG sets up an elaborate, neighborhood-wide Christmas display featuring Disney characters, nutcrackers, lots of Santas, and miles of lights. Platt Park is the focus of the festivities with trains, Santa's House, dozens of cartoon characters, and much more to keep the kids entertained. When we visited, we even saw some live reindeer running around checking out the decorations and posing with the fake deer.
The neighborhood is lit up from dark until maybe 9pm each night in December.
Candy Cane Lane is centered around Platt Park, Beaumont Ave, MacFarland Ave, and Morse Drive, all just off of Forest Ave/Route 68 near Safeway.
The Point Pinos Grill is located in the PG Municipal Golf Links Clubhouse, that was just constructed and opened in February, 2006 after 19 months of construction. The new facility is very nice and clean featuring beautiful stonework inside and out. The front of the building has huge plate glass windows offering diners a great view over the Monterey Bay.
Their menu is pretty simple and inexpensive with their $10 fish and chips being the most expensive item on the menu. Other items include basic burgers, patty melts, grilled chicken, BLTs, deli sandwiches, pizza, pasta, salads, a variety of appetizers, and breakfast items.
Open daily from 6:30am until sunset.
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Address: 701 Asilomar Boulevard, Pacific Grove, California, 93950, United States
