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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 04:14:20 JST Adrianna Tan

   The Amtrak bus driver that takes me from Salinas to the aquarium looked at me and said lemme guess you work at the aquarium.

   I didn’t have my jacket or swag or badge or anything. Maybe we have a type?

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 04:15:45 JST Adrianna Tan

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     When you book a train ticket on Amtrak you can set the destination as ‘Monterey Bay Aquarium’. That puts you on a connecting bus from Salinas to the aquarium directly

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     grechaw (grechaw@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 04:16:34 JST grechaw

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     @skinnylatte not a tourist look? As a teen there we often had hearty laughter at shivering tourists unprepared for Pacific Grove.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 04:16:34 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • grechaw

     @grechaw haha he said he thinks I work there so

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 04:16:50 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • grechaw

     @grechaw sf has the same problems with tourist who think all of California is San Diego

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 04:20:10 JST Adrianna Tan

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     The hotels in the area that are walking distance from the aquarium are the Intercontinental, Wave Inn, and any of the many inns and bed and breakfasts in pacific grove. By doing that; you won’t need to drive at all. You can just walk places, or take a ride share.

     The aquarium is in new Monterey. Old Monterey is downtown, a 7 min bus ride or 40 min walk along the coastal trail.

     MST bus A, B, 1 and 2 are super convenient also and come pretty often. You don’t need a special card; just use any credit card and tap onboard.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 04:22:21 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • ChefRaven

     @chefraven I just took the Coast Starlight this morning from Sacramento here :) very nice

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     ChefRaven (chefraven@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 04:22:22 JST ChefRaven

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     @skinnylatte we live up by Sacramento now, but used to live in Salinas. I miss the aquarium terribly.

     I took my cat to the vet the other day and on a big screen in each exam room they have the live jellyfish cam. I love it.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 04:22:52 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Christopher Neugebauer

     @chrisjrn you’ll definitely want to come after you hear me make a splash at my talk.

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     Christopher Neugebauer (chrisjrn@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 04:22:53 JST Christopher Neugebauer

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     @skinnylatte stop making it sound like it's convenient, you'll only make me want to visit

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 04:30:28 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • ChefRaven

     @chefraven yay!

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     ChefRaven (chefraven@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 04:30:29 JST ChefRaven

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     @skinnylatte@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 05:48:13 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Das

     @SRDas haha no there were 5 people. The rest were tourists

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     Das (srdas@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 05:48:14 JST Das

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     @skinnylatte were you the only one on the bus? :)