It's often said that you often don't appreciate home until you leave. As a young man, I couldn't wait to leave Monterey and joined the US Navy a few days after my 17th birthday. I have since then lived in Virginia, Florida, Boston, New York, and Illinois. At the age of 33, I have to say there is no place I would rather be living than back home. As a child, I used the great Monterey Bay trail to bike and skate(when you could), but never to run. Its one of the most beautiful trails, and I hope to run it one day and truly appreciate as an adult.
