We are still in Morgan Hill and keep finding all the great things to do in the region. Fran spent a day at the Gilroy Outlets; and with dozens of wineries to choose from, we narrowed our choices down to Guglielmo on the East side of the valley where we ran into a group of about sixteen MG's on a car club outing, Solis in Gilroy and Clos La Chance near the TTN Preserve. We found a coupon on the Internet for 50% off our first purchase at Solis so of course that’s where we bought most of our wine! Clos La Chance is a fancy schmancy winery up on a hill with beautiful views overlooking the valley and vineyards but the prices were up there to match. Fran bought Port from all three wineries we visited; wonderful with a piece of dark chocolate!
Strawberries, apricots and cherries are in season now and there were a dozen farm stands in the area to choose from. Our friend Maxine Tibbs told us that Uesugi’s had the best strawberries, so that’s where we went! They also had cherries, apricots and nectarines, all good!
More searching on the Internet turned up “OD’s Kitchen” in beautiful downtown Gilroy. We dropped in on Sunday but found that they only serve breakfasts on Sunday. Not to worry, breakfast was great! Gilroy was known as the Garlic Capital of the World but we were told that garlic is also being grown in many other countries now. Nevertheless, they host a Garlic Festival every July and manage to include garlic in everything they cook. OD’s Kitchen was so good we went back on Monday to try their Garlic Mushroom and Green Chile Cheeseburgers. Both were really worth the drive. (BTW, OD stands for O’Donoghue).
We stopped in to an auto parts store one day and when the clerk heard that we were from Arizona he said, “Hey, send your Sheriff Joe up here; we could really use him!” Small world!
If I haven’t mentioned it, the Thousand Trails Preserve here is really quite nice, nestled in a valley with many trees to provide shade and an excellent pool. Since there are no sewer hookups here we are in a water conservation mode. No dishes or dishwashing, (paper plates) Navy style showers and generally using as little water as possible since it all must go into our holding tanks. The tanks can be dumped when we leave but it is too much trouble to move the coach until then. There is a “honey wagon” but at $15 it is just a bit much. There are no activities here now as in other Preserves; perhaps it is too early. We will be leaving here on Wednesday on our way to San Francisco, our old home town. ~~~~~~~Bye for now!
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