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thought  of only a few months ago. To                 logo of The Pebble Beach Company itself.
            improve the map  even more, I took the                As you ride or drive along the 17-Mile
            reef creatures out of their box and spread            Drive it is also  easy to see why the
            them  across the face of the  map in the              Monterey Peninsula is one of the golfing
            ocean blue area. Formerly my Monterey                 paradises of the world. What golfer would
            map showed the kelp forest creatures in a             not want to be in this fabulous
            box. This was  cool, but this Monterey                environment on world-class golf links like
            edition borrows my methods from Franko                Pebble Beach, Cypress Point, Spyglass
            Maps of Hawaii and the Caribbean, and it              Hill, and Spanish Bay enjoying the game?
            is much  improved. I’ve changed my                    Monterey is definitely one of Franko’s
            Orange County and Los Angeles County                  favorite  places  and  it  surely  deserves  a
            dive maps to show the respective kelp                 fabulous and unique map. Fortunately, the
            forest creatures in this way as well and I            pure inspiration  of the Monterey
            like it! Meanwhile, I’ve done some                    Peninsula area, mixed with technical and
            diving,  kayaking,  bicycling  and  hiking            artistic skills has made for a brand new
            around the Monterey Peninsula and down                edition that is one of my favorite maps yet.
            to Point  Lobos State Reserve. I  could               I feel that this map has really captured the
            spend years exploring the Monterey                    essence of Monterey’s beauty, while
            environment and never get tired of it.                showing       its     unique      underwater
            Point  Lobos  has  to  be  one  of  my  very          environment as well. Franko’s Dive Map
            favorite  California  State  Parks.  By  the          of Monterey was my sixth in a series of
            way,  when you follow my map of                       California Coastal and Island maps, begun
            Monterey for the famous Monterey                      in the year 1999. I remember going  to
            Peninsula 17-mile drive, I would suggest              Point Lobos on April fools day, 2000, to
            you do it on a bicycle if you are capable.            finish the last details of the map. I was at
            However, due to tourist looking at the                the very  point of  the land, on a warm,
            sites, you had better be an excellent,                sunny day, with a pair of whales easing by
            experienced bicyclist. The Monterey sites             offshore, with waves raging against the
            and the limitless supply of fresh Pacific air         rocks, a  sea otter was in the cove
            makes bicycling from Monterey to                      smacking an abalone shell against a rock
            Carmel  and to Point Lobos one of the                 held on his belly, four dozen harbor seas
            most rewarding rides anywhere. I really               were snoozing and playing on the beach,
            love it.  As the  map will show you, you              hundreds of cormorants were flying by at
            will pass numerous beautiful spots to pull            35 miles per hours, pelicans sere gliding
            off and have a look and perhaps a little              by and the air seemed fresher than
            walk or even a picnic. The map shows you              anywhere  on earth. Wow! I had a cell
            exactly where every site along the famous             phone with me and called  my wife at
            drive is located. This includes some of the           home to describe how hard I was working
            world’s  most know scenic spots,                      to finish my map! That was literally the
            especially the Lone Cypress, which is the             first time I ever called home  from any
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