I was down in California last week for a meeting. It was held at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula. Here is the sunset from the second night.

The large crowd of people were from the group I was with, the beach was only a five minute walk from the hotel.

The temperatures were about 20 degrees C, but we all know it’s 10 degrees colder by the lake (or ocean in this case).

We had good weather all week, just a little chilly.

There was some sort of photo shoot on the beach the one morning.

A sign on the path to the beach warning of mountain lions in the area.

There are not many meetings where there are deer grazing outside the meeting room.

The one evening while watching the sun set, the wind was howling, causing the sand to be whipped around, making it difficult to see at times.

One of my colleagues from Nova Scotia, when he left there was still three feet of snow on the ground back at home.

The view from the conference centre.

The conference centre started as a YWCA meeting place back in the early 1900’s. It is now part of the Asilomar State Park.

All of the meals were provided, but by the last night a few of us decided to head into Monterey for some seafood.

On the wharf.

There were seals hanging around.

Lots of fishing boat in the harbour.

There are three seals in this picture.

The one in the water made his way up onto the dock.