Left out this morning with an end goal of Carmel-by-the-Sea....or just Carmel for us non fancy schmancy people (lol). But first things first, we have to sign a new contract for the steed and check for maintenance and oil change requirements. At this point after exactly 6000 miles we've become pretty attached to the ol' girl and we decided we were going to go out of our way to try and keep her for the rest of the trip.
We luv da steed.

So, we stopped in Merced, CA at a random Enterprise and told them we wanted to keep the same van and were willing to wait if we needed to so that we can keep her. Luckily she just needed an oil change and the Pep Boys was right next door so we dropped her by and went and had some Mexican food while she was getting her oil changed.

On to Carmel we went. We arrived in Carmel around 2pm and checked in to a cute little B-n-B called the Carmel Fireplace Inn. Even though the ceilings were short and we called it our little hobbit hole it ended up being one of our favorite hotels of the trip.

As for the rest of Carmel, it was a bit fancy for our taste but the beach was very pretty and the food was excellent. All in all we used this stay to simply veg out and relax. It was a really nice way to decompress and a nice change of pace for us.