Huell visits the Monterey Customs House State Historic Park, discovers the tallest bridge in California, and checks out the town of Cool- all unplanned adventures. At one time, the Custom House presided over Mexico’s primary port of entry on the Alta, CA coast. It was here that Commodore Jon Drake Sloat raised the American flag in July of 1846, claiming over 600,000 square miles of territory.

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