Veterans Day: Monterey County tips for Veterans Day weekend

Even when it requires being apart from their children and other loved ones, military service personnel respond when called. We appreciate all who serve with honor in the U.S. military!

Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Nov 9-11, 2019 honoring of Veterans Day

• Details: http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/visit/hours-and-schedule/special-events/veterans-day-weekend
• Aquarium directions and parking tips, no matter your mode of transportation.

California State Parks’ Nov 11, 2019 honoring of Veterans Day

• Details: https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/712/files/FLYER-Free-Admission-to-144-State-Parks-on-Veterans-Day-2019.pdf.
• Links to those in Monterey County: https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/visitors/things-to-do/parks.

Monterey-Salinas Transit Nov 11, 2019 schedule changes

• Do you bike-and-ride (or even just ride) Monterey-Salinas Transit? MST is on a different schedule for many holidays; visit MST.org News section to check (e.g., http://mst.org/news_items/monterey-salinas-transit-mst-bus-service-on-veterans-day/).
• For Nov 11, 2019, here’s the revised schedule (not yet on their website): MST 2019 Veterans Day schedule changes.

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Tips for Bicycling Monterey County

Check Bicycling Monterey’s master bike calendar for biking and bike-related happenings open to the public!

Exploring the county? Besides Tips for Bicycling Monterey County, a 20-section guide, there are 700 posts and pages of original content—including thousands of original photos—on this site.

Among those are special tips for bicycling to HER Helmet Thursdays locations as well as other local attractions, such as beaches, wineries, and sustainable seafood dining spots.

The Tips for Bicycling Monterey County guide includes the following info especially helpful to visitors:

• Riding Skills, Safety, and CA Bike Laws—plus Monterey County ordinances
• Bike Rentals and Tours
• Local Bike Shops
• Bicycle Valet and Other Bike Parking
• Bike Security, with Unique List of Places to Go
• Bike Maps and Other Tools for Finding Your Way
• Where to Bike in Monterey County
• Tips for Serious Cyclists

Lodging, camping, and showers for day visitors:

• Extra bike-friendly hotels, hostel, and other lodging providers 
• Camping in Monterey County
• Shower and change locations for day visitors

Autumn activities

Besides the biking happenings on Bicycling Monterey’s bike calendar, also consider pedaling to other activities, events, and attractions. Find them via…

Local news sources

Voices of Monterey Bay is nonprofit, multicultural news source launched by veteran local journalists Mary Duan, Joe Livernois, and Julie Reynolds Martinez in October 2017.

The solar-powered, local, independent Monterey County Weekly is the largest circulation newspaper in the county. It comes out late Wednesday nights and is available free at newsstands, on the Weekly’s website, and in a mobile edition. Check their calendar listings.

Monterey County Herald is the daily, a Digital First paper.

Gannett publishes the Salinas Californian and the weekly Off 68, along with the Spanish-language newspaper El Sol. 

The above have online as well as print editions.

Additional Monterey County Visitor Information

The Monterey County Convention and Visitors Bureau’s See Monterey website is helpful, and their BlogMonterey.com provides timely MCCVB tips.

Weather

Weather updates:  http://www.twitter.com/nwsbayarea.

Questions?

For general questions about biking in Monterey County, contact Bicycling Monterey.

Down Memory Lane

Back on Veterans Day 2012, active-duty military and veterans were among those who greeted U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, here to celebrate the opening of Monterey-Salinas Transit’s new rapid transit lines. Click here for details and a gallery of photos.

Above: Vera Noghera on Veterans Day 2012 at the bike rack of a new MST Jazz bus.