Yesterday, we went to Moss Landing. This is the center of the Monterey Bay coastline. This is the home of Elkhorn Slough, an inlet that is teeming with wildlife. We have taken patio boat tours on it before. This time, we just walked along the banks. A lot of work had been done in the wildlife refuge there. This place had been a marsh, but at the beginning of the 20th-century, a man created salt ponds and mined the salt from them. We saw and photographed a variety of wading birds. After our exploration, we went across the highway to a seafood grill for lunch. There were more birds there. 

We made it to the coast. It being the weekend, we chose a little less popular local to spend the day, Asilomar Beach was perfect. Along boardwalk and trails, we perused the seashore. There were lots of sea otters there, a bumper crop, but they were always floating too far out to sea for decent pictures. The birds were more obliging. We spent hours at the shore and then at five headed into downtown Pacific Grove, where we dined at a restaurant new to us, but recommended by Frank called Wild Fish. The seafood was good; they also had a Mardi Gras celebration going on. Mardi Gras was last week and usually parties fall on the weekend before, but they had the Superbowl then.