Gilroy - Garlic Capital of the World

Gilroy Garlic Festival

100,000+ people over 3 days
17,000 servings garlic bread
12,000 pepper steak sandwiches
11,000 combo plates
5,000 servings calimari
4800 garlic sausage sandwiches

Garlic Topping competition

Stir Fry in Gourmet Alley
with racks of garlic bread in the backround

Fire in the Hole !

Floyd Landis wins Tour de France

Here's a picture of the Tour de France winner , Floyd Landis (front row, Phonak Jersey)
when he was in Monterey earlier this year.
Thats me 2 riders over on his right : )

Pfeiffer Burns State Park

On the road to Pfeiffer Burns State Park, just south of Big Sur

Bixby Bridge along the coast...fog just starting to lift

Fog has burnt off , sun is out and its hot

How do I get to those beaches?

Twig fallen across the path

Another tree blocking the path..some of the redwoods are 5 or 6 feet wide

View on the way back

Day at the Beach

Beach at Carmel - mist and fog inland