This past Friday my friend Casey and I had an opportunity to take part in a local Monterey event.
"Christmas in the Adobes"
The two evening event showcases 21 of the historic adobe homes and buildings in downtown Monterey, opening them up to the public to view (most are rarely open for tours). The homes hosted musicians, desserts and warm drinks for those attending to enjoy as they toured the homes interiors and listened to historical facts along the way.
We dressed up as women from the 1800's and played docents in one of the homes, the Larkin House.
Home to Thomas and Rachel Larkin from 1835-1849. His Grandaughter willed the house and its contents to the State of California in the 1950's when she moved to Santa Barbara in her 80's.
Due to our volunteer time Friday night, we were given tickets to attend Saturday night as guests.
So Mike and I scheduled a date night! We walked downtown between 15 of the buildings to tour!
Among those were the temporary quarters of Robert Louis Stevenson, and the home of John Steinbeck where he wrote "The Pearl".
The tours were full of great history and good exercise getting to each!
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