California Trip -- 5.18.10 (Day 2)

7:30 Breakfast and on the road to UC Santa Cruz Farm Research Station

The farm was great. Everything looked excellent. There appeared to be no weeds or insects and the temperature was so mild that they were still planting brassicas in May.









Also, on the campus there is a smaller 2 acre garden (The Chadwick Garden) that is a display vegetable garden, that is on a steep incline and terraced. Every inch of the garden was used for something it seemed. And there must have been 15 people working in this small space doing everything from weeding and hauling debris out in wheel barrows to pruning fruit trees and planting.










These two visits took up about half the day. Next we went into San Francisco.

California Trip-- 5.17.10 (Day 1)

5:30 am departure from Florence, SC airport
11:00 am arrival at Los Angeles, CA airport

Once in LA we rented a car and started driving up the coast on US 1. Our goal was to make it to Santa Cruz by dark, but making good time on US 1 is hard. There is so much to look at and so many sharp curves.

The entire day there was a heavy mist and all the plants seemed like they really wanted to grow with or without the help people. A little different from growing things in the south, where the plants seem to need our help.












And there were elephant seals. Many elephant seals. Mainly female.







We made it as far as Watsonville, CA. Approx. 22 from Santa Cruz and a measly 353 miles of driving on our first day.

California

We made it to California yesterday, the internet connection at this particular McDonalds isn't allowing me to post pictures.

I will update on everything tonight when we arrive in Santa Barbara.