Gilroy - California

Brian so happy to be here

Mister Garlic and I

Our hotel room

I want one of these for our house

A couple of times a year Brian’s work sends him out of town for training. This usually involves a nice hotel so I tag along and spend my days lounging by the pool. Since we were already down there we decided to stay for the weekend and spent one of our days visiting Gilroy Gardens in the Garlic Capital of the world. First off let me just say that there is nothing overly impressive about Gilroy. I was expecting cute little garlic shops with great garlic restaurant. No such luck although they do have a great selection of outlets nearby. As for Gilroy Gardens the place has some breath taking landscape but is geared more towards the elderly and those 8 and under. Thank god we had a coupon because the 50 dollar price tag was way overrated. Even the 26 dollars per person that we paid was outrageous.

Santa Cruz

There’s something to be said about roller costars right on the ocean. Maybe it’s the sound of the waves, the electricity in the air, the laughter, and the smell of corndogs that does it for me.

Highway 1

Sometimes I tend to forgot how beautiful the State of California actually is. Taking a drive down Highway one from Monterrey to Big Sur was a reminder of that over the summer.

Fishy

The Monterey bay aquarium is somewhere I’ve wanted to go too for years and I must admit that it’s pretty impressive. My only complaint was the number of people there. It’s hard to really get a feel for the place when you feel like you’re being shuffled through like sheep. The town of Monterey its self is quite the tourist trap with little shops and restaurants everywhere. All in all it was worth the price of admission($30) but I would suggest going during the off season.

Eygptian Museum

As usually I’m completely behind on blogging and have just now found the time to sit down and upload all my photos. I actually think if the uploading process was a little faster then I’d probably post more frequently. Ha ha yeah right who am I kidding?

Brian and I try to take Logan somewhere fun each summer when we have him. This year we had planned a trip to Crater Lake with Brian’s dad but those plans fell through due to a dump truck taking out their bridge. With the cost of fixing it and having an analysis done on the environmental damage they were unable to make it. With only a couple of days off we decided to make the best of it and headed down to San Jose for a weekend of sun and fun. It has been years since Brian and I had been to Great America so we decided that’s were we would take Logan. He’s at that age where we knew he was terrified to get on a roller coaster that goes upside down but at the same time he didn’t want to come across as a chicken. After a little badgering he jumped on and the rest was history.

We also spent a couple of hours expoloring the Egyptia Museum in San Jose. Highly recommended if your interested in History