Fourth of July & California State Route 1

Fourth of July parade golf cart style.

 This cart won the trophy for most decorated.

 Sixteen carts was a good turnout considering the temperatures.

 We enjoyed grilled burgers, chips, potato salad, beans,
and cookies for dinner at the clubhouse. About 160 people
attended and we enjoyed meeting a new family.

A new bear was added to the park which are
common in California.
The nearest town for fireworks was Bass Lake. We asked
around and everyone said it is a parking nightmare. On the news
they interviewed a family that got there at 4:00 am to get
a parking spot. Fireworks were cancelled last year so it was
going to be nuts. We decided to stay home and watch
Capitol Fourth on PBS. It was safer and a great memory when
we celebrated at the National Mall a few years ago with Joel.

While in California we couldn't miss driving along Highway 1.

A land slide has closed Highway 1 in the Big Sir area so 

we drove north from Santa Cruz to Half Moon Bay.

Big Sir Landslide

Monterey Bay 

 Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park

First lit November 15, 1872

Beautiful!

 Even though it was only 62 degrees there were about

 twenty-five kite and wind surfers out.

We drove through Watsonville where they have hundreds of 

acres with canopies covering their crops. There are lots of 

fruit stands so we picked up some plums, corn, almonds and a 

sweet potato. Sad to say we will miss the Garlic Festival in

 Gilroy, California. What we couldn't miss is the smell of 

garlic as soon as we entered the city. We saw trucks fully 

loaded with garlic as we drove by the factory.

Another great day!

"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the 
ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."
Mother Teresa