We voted today--that is, completed our ballots: black pen, neatly filled in ovals. And because we didn't want to wait until tomorrow, when our city hall's dropbox will be available during business hours, to actually cast our votes, we decided to drive to downtown Monterey to avail ourselves of the public library's 24/7 dropbox. Done! Voted! Voilà! (Thank God we don't live in Texas.)
And then, why not just do our afternoon walk from there? Which took us to these localities, one of which—the Sloat Landing monument—we have never visited in our thirty years in this town:
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| The bears on the lawn in front of Colton Hall, where the California constitution was signed in 1849. |
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Books (Leon Uris! I haven't thought about him in 40 years), shoes, and a bag of clothes. Left for some reason on a streetcorner. |
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| Sloat Landing monument—30 years I've lived here, and I'd never been up here. |
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| Cooper-Molera Adobe, at the top of Alvarado. |
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| My favorite trees. I especially love them in winter when they've lost their leaves, but they sure looked lovely today. |
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