Our day of adventure began with a drive to Watsonville, Ca. to locate the Gizdich Ranch where there was u-pick strawberries. The boys had a great time choosing the biggest and best they could find. Of course grandma and grandpa had to help a little, along with Erica who needed to help carry an overflowing basket filled by Malakai. Grandma cheated and used another pot found by Dalton. Grandpa just sampled his way down the rows and took pictures. Of course we had to find the part of the ranch that makes the pies and other goodies and have a sample of the offerings. We were treated to a Camero Car Club Showing on site. Nice vehicles and well appreciated by their owners.
What one must do to work off the calories is find a place to take a walk. Mt. Madonna was just a ways up the road and off we went in search of the perfect hiking trial. The coolness of the redwood forest was delightful and interesting. This is a county park and not many visitors, there are many trails with different degress of difficulty and distance to travel. We started out on one trail and soon found ourselves on another. Have to be careful as to where you are going and pay attention to the signs and what they read as many interconnect and you can find yourself on a different trail. Many big and beautiful redwoods in this park it is amazing that as you look up you can't see the tops and you figure if you climb up the trail a little more you will get to see the top. Sometimes you can't get your head back far enough to see and then you realize how far up you have traveled as the bottom of the tree is a long way down. As there has not been any rain in this area for sometime the streams have dried up and small pools of water have formed. You know that you have had a great time when we come across some wildlife in its enviroment. We saw a couple of deer grazing their way up a hillside. What a great ending to a perfect day.. Okay the best ending is having dinner at Phil's in Moss Landing eating clam chowder and calamari.
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