Gray Line tour to Monterey and Carmel

Today, I did manage to go on a Gray Line tour - I'd booked it the day before and half expected this one to not run either, but I dropped by the Gray Line office at Fisherman's Wharf yesterday to check the details of where to go and the lady said that instead of making my own way up there, I should just be picked up at the Hyatt hotel next to Embarcadero station, which would be much easier for me.

So I set off for San Francisco on the BART - except I didn't get very far very quickly, as apparently, 1 person or 2 people were spotted walking into the Bay Tube (the BART tunnel under the bay) and they had to check it whilst we sat on the train just outside the tunnel.  I'd left plenty of time to get there, but with the 20 minute delay (to what was a less than 10 minute journey of 2 stops along the line!) arrived just after the pick-up time.  Fortunately, the pick-up bus hadn't arrived yet so ten minutes later I was picked up and taken up to Fisherman's Wharf to get my boarding pass.

Once there, everybody got off to get their boarding pass and boarded the different buses for the different tours.

Our driver today was Kenneth.

I'll post several smaller items about each place.