Cannery Row has an interesting history of being one of the top two world producers of sardines beginning in the late 1800s. They fished them at night with massive nets 1/4 mile long and 200 deep. The nets were so effective that they were called wolf of the sea and eventually led to over fishing and collapse of the industry. They could find the fish at night by the glow of them feeding near the service. If it was a full moon night it was too bright and they would tend to their nets.
We hung around the campsite until roughly 10AM that morning and then headed to Cannery Row in Monterey to do some shopping and lunch. When we arrived we realized it is more of a tourist type area so we hit a few shops with the plan of going somewhere else.
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. appeared to have the best view of the bay so we had lunch there and enjoyed the Forrest Gump quizzes and movie memorabilia.
As we are leaving the restaurant Brooke began to feel really sick. A review of her symptoms by doctor google (WebMD, etc.) revealed it may be appendix related. I went for the car and Dina had the kids ask around to determine the closest hospital. We did not want to overreact and call 911 but did not want to delay getting her seen either. Once I made it back with the car I saw that there was a community ER just minutes away. We loaded up and headed that way.
4-5 hours in the ER revealed that it was a digestive issue and she would be fine. Brooke almost never shows pain so when she broke down, plus some unique symptoms, we definitely wanted to check things out.
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