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Past and Future

I’m doing something I’ve never done before: reposting an old note. In fairness, I meant to share it with all readers after it was sent exclusively to Founding Members during our last visit to the Monterey Peninsula. However, once Samwise became sick, everything became scattered.

We’re still in Morro Bay for four more sunsets, but I’m already looking forward to moving on. That’s a curious thing to write because I’ve always loved this town, and we plan our entire trip around a stay here, but encountering/seeing the “uninvited” individual six out of the last eight days has soured me on Morro Bay. We knew she followed us here last year, but at least we did not run into her. This time, however, she has me looking over my shoulder even when she is not around.

We’ve always enjoyed Monterey, Carmel-by-the-Sea, and Pacific Grove, but in a different way. It’s like reading an entirely different book than Morro Bay. It has less of a hometown feel and more gentrification. The Monterey Peninsula ha…