Tour of California 2007

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These are pics of Stage 1. The map show the whole block and a half we had to walk to watch and take pics.













The Director's car.


















It's showtime!


















The rider in the yellow jersey is Levi Leipheimer who won the tour.


















Whooosh


















Going...


















Going...


















Gone


















The first flat tire of the day slow down the King of the Mountain, conveniently right in front of my camera.





































Lots and lots of team cars went by





Unbelievable how fast that all happened

Critters in the house

Critters in the back yard

Bummer that I didn't have my camera when the mountain lion came by...

The Turkeys

The Coyote

The Deer

The Little Newt

The Bobcat

Monterey, Pacific Grove, Asilomar

Monterey Bay Aquarium

These pics were taken at the Monterey Aquarium without a flash which is the cause of some of the effects...some good, some not so much...

Checkout the Monterey Bay Aquarium website, it has webcams of the penguins, otters, kelp bed tank and tuna/shark tank - really cool to watch at feeding time.

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Just a few of the many varieties of sea anemone on display






















This is one of the medium size tanks (floor to ceiling high)



















Wonderful blown glass on display over by the jellies

























































These are small tanks (small being relative - about the size of a very large tank you might have at home)












































































The jellies - there are many, many amazing varieties, but unfortunately this novice photographer is not very good at shooting them.












































































The sea gulls line up to gain admittance...



















Find the flounder - there were probably aboub 20 in this tank.



















This is the open tank (about waist high) for the rays and tiger sharks.






































Can you guess what these puppies are? You have probably seen them dead, but never alive.



















This is the huge (bigger than my house) kelp bed tank that is like an extension of Monterey Bay






































This is the huge tank where the great white shark lives with the other sharks and tuna and other miscellaneous friends.