Three Days near Morgan Hill, CA

Valentine's Day we were camped at Morgan Hill, CA.  We were invited to Alan and Jen's home in San Jose for dinner and catching up since our last visit. Alan and Sonny are old Navy buddies. 

Sonny and I enjoyed a lazy Monday reading in the sunshine.  Tuesday, Alan arranged a tee time for Sonny at Cinnabar Hills for golfing.  I spend the afternoon in Gilroy visiting antique stores. Jen and Alan met us for dinner at the Ladero Grill in Morgan Hill where we enjoyed Katherine Kennedy wine and good food.  Wednesday, we drove "over the hill" to Santa Cruz to have lunch and see Alan and Jen's weekend place near the beach. They gave us a tour of beach communities.

It began to rain just as we were leaving Santa Cruz. It was pretty intense at times and is still pouring now, 5 hours later. Tomorrow, we are moving down to Paso Robles to visit our Finnish friends whomoved there a few years ago

Lemon tree in the Santa Cruz house back yard. We

brought home 6 fresh lemons.

Jen and Alan, our gracious hosts this week.

 Capitola near Santa Cruz

Capitola homes along the beach.

 RV parked near the beach making a political statement.
 On the passenger door, it said "Future 1st Lady"

 The wind was blowing a gale as a storm was coming in.

 Living on the edge.

 We should post one of these on the
beach at Lake Wenatchee.

 We ate lunch at Aldos near the marina in Santa Cruz.
This view was towards the lighthouse and the marina was
behind us. The harbor was being dredged by the large
barge.

 We couldn't decide if the large birds were pelicans or
geese.

 This beach was being "plowed" by a large bulldozer that's
hard to see in this picture.  The harbor dredging was moving sand
to this location.  You can see the light house in the far distance.

 We started lunch outside on the dock but the wind forced
us inside after a while.

 Sonny and I drove over the hill through Watsonville on our way to
Santa Cruz.  Watsonville is an agriculture center for a large
variety of fruits and veggies. This field might have been
a lettuce variety.

 These wire frames are covered with the fabric to protect
the young plants.

 Some of these tents had raspberries underneath.

 This campground kitty was very friendly and seemed to be
hoping for a meal at our place.

 Alan kindly arranged for Sonny to get a round of golf here.

 Sonny teamed up with 3 other local guys to play
this beautiful course.

 Sonny pars the 18th.

Sonny is on a knee checking the green before his shot.

 The clouds are foretelling a weather change to come on Wednesday.

 Not often that I see a collection of meat
grinders in an antique store.

 Gilroy is the garlic capital of the world.

 Back at the campground, 3 very large dogs like this one greeted us at the fence.

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We wondered about this contraption along the vineyard fence.  They 

were placed about every 10 feet.  It appeared to some kind of a trap

for wood borer beetles.

Jen has a green thumb.  She raised this giant succulent, probably 12" across.

Orchids of many colors in Jen's garden.