Good morning ladies and gentlemen, and welcome back to Vagabrothers.
It's a crisp beautiful morning here in Carmel, one of our favorite places in California.
We've been invited on a road trip by Glade to experience some of the fragrances of the new Glade Plugins Car.
We're starting off with Aqua.
So to kick the day off, we're going to go paddle boarding here at Carmel River State Beach.
Plus, we have some company.
Some of the locals have come out to go for a little swim with us.
Talking about a pod of humpback whales.
You guys ready? Let's get in the water. Let's go!
Ladies and gentlemen... well we are here on Monastery Beach
named because there's an old Spanish monastery
over there, and we're meeting up with Brent.
What's going on Brent? Ah?
Today is going to be our time in the beautiful Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Nice.
We're going paddle boarding. We're switching to GoPro.
Alright ladies and gentlemen, we're actually surrounded by jellyfish right now too, which is kind of crazy.
But there're whales spouting a couple hundred feet away.
Oh my god. It's pretty incredible to be this close to one of the largest mammals on earth.
And to be doing it from a stand-up paddle board, even better.
That was awesome, and I would have to say probably the best paddle board I've ever done.
On with the adventure.
Thanks, brother. You guys are awesome. Take it easy.
Like he said... on with the adventure. Let's go.
What's that?
Oh, dude. Pull over. Pull over.
We just pulled over to this little fruit stand on the side of the road.
They've got an honesty box out. We just hopped out of the ocean and are starving.
So I think we should get some fruit, Bro.
Couple of mandarins, maybe a banana or two.
No matter what you do....
One of the key things about any road trip is taking time to stop, to smell the flowers.
What is this?
The idea behind this road trip
Is that we are exploring the different scents behind the Glade Plugins.
In this case it would be Aqua Plugin,
which draws upon notes of citrus flavors like this mandarin.
So smell the orange, smell the trees around us, the ocean, and you're starting to get the vibe.
Alright guys. Now we are in Monterey, California,
which in addition to being the original capital of California
during Spanish times, is a beautiful oceanfront town
and also the setting of one of my favorite books of all time, Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck.
It's a story about the fishing port here and
all the sardine canneries that were originally here
and all the people who lived around the area.
It's a really colorful book that describes this beautiful place,
and it's a fitting spot to come for a little bit of seafood.
We're going to go have some lunch at a restaurant right down the water.
Alright ladies and gentlemen, we have made it down Cannery Row
to a restaurant called the Fish Hopper.
Supposedly have some delicious seafood,
including the famous sardines.
These look nice.
This is just bucket list for me right now.
I mean to be in Cannery Row
overlooking this ocean
with the smell of sea and some good seafood in the setting of one of my favorite books.
It's just check, check, check, check, check.
Alright you guys, so we have cruised over to the Monterey Pier,
and I found a new friend.
I think you guys are going to like him. He's super friendly
He's down there.
There's something really unique about Monterey's history and heritage
with kind of the connection with fishing in the ocean,
and I just really like how in this part of California,
the coast meets the ocean in a very unique way.
And you get a lot of fragrances that you wouldn't necessarily get like down in Southern California.
Here you have the forests coming down from the hills right into the ocean.
This is a really beautiful spot and plus...
the climate here is much more tolerable than Southern California in the summertime.
I first fell in love this part of California through the books of John Steinbeck.
A lot of his novels are set here,
but the whole Monterey Peninsula is just gorgeous.
So we're going to take what we have left of the daylight and go make our way to
the end of the Monterey Peninsula .Let's go.
How about this spot, dude?
Is this fulfilling all of your childhood dreams of being the lighthouse man and living in the lighthouse?
It's a super cool spot, not going to lie. We're on the corner of the peninsula.
This is Point Pinos Lighthouse.
Apparently, it's from the 1800s, and it's got a light that is
visible from 17 miles away.
It's been a really cool day exploring Carmel,
Monterey, one of our favorite parts of California.
But tomorrow we're continuing with some adventures up in the mountains.
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And in the meantime, remember to stay curious,
keep exploring, and we'll see you guys on the road, tomorrow.
Peace