don't worry i'll warn you! actually she's down in Hermosa. I have been up to Monterey from LA on the PCH a few times. it's just incredibly beautiful as you know. I'm due a visit sometime but, as Im sure I mentioned elsewhere, my finacee is australian so have been "popping" over there quite a lot which, along with the BC, has stretched me financially. It's beautiful there too if you ever have the urge. Incredible wildlife and eucalyptus forests riddled with all kinds of scary arachnids and snakes. And birds like you wouldn't believe. UK (and probably US) is a little more inert and you can lie in the grass without fear of death. which is good! But's its just an amazingly primal place. maybe you've been. Check this Lyre bird video out; turn up your sound!
video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=6210802715441279878&q=lyre+bird&total=34&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
tim
LOL sorry am way off topic here! we'll get back to European protocols when we've dealt with wildlife in the pacific rim via straight bananas!