The End

Gone North for the Winter....


next project : www.darrellinfrance.blogspot.com
(starts Sept. 13 )

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

4.7 Quake and whose Fault was it?

A few weeks ago at 5:30 am , was slightly awake when I heard the bedside lampshade rattle and felt a couple of nudges against the bed. It was an earthquake centered 45 minutes northeast of me. The star on the map indicates the epicenter and the colors indicate intensity (3 by the time it reached me) . So this weekend I set out in search of San Andreas.

You cant drive in any direction without seeing miles and miles of vegetables.
Here, ...miles and miles of.......something green.

This one I know...Strawberries, being irrigated . Its hot today.

Destination: Pinnacles National Monument, west edge of the San Andreas Fault

Entrance to the park....Park Ranger warned of rattlesnakes and 103 degree (40 celcius)

Me on the path leading into the park.

These formations are whats left of parts of a volcano rim. The rest of the volcano is 195 miles south. So in 2 million years, this formation has moved 195 miles north riding on the Pacific Plate while the rest of the volcano was left behind on the North American Plate.
In real time , the ground moves as fast as your finger nails growing.

The trails wind their way around all the rock formations.

Eventually to the north, the terrain returns to rolling hills.

View from the bike path