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Welcome to my blog! Harvey is back! In case anyone forgot, or if you are new to my blog, Harvey is my family's 23-foot Winnebago View. We have picked up mom from the Salt Lake City International Airport, and vacation can officially begin. We are in California and our real adventures can begin. Enjoy :)

Monday, July 28, 2014



A Giant Sequoia Tree
(it's fatter in person)

 In Gilroy there is a garlic festival that is very popular and happened to be going on when we were driving through Gilroy.  However, we had to park very far away from the festival and take a shuttle.  It was incredibly crowded and hot, so we decided it wasn't worth it.  Mom began to navigate us to Garlic World, which is a garlic store, but it didn't look as good as it sounds, so we continued up the road and found the Garlic Shoppe.  We stopped in and got to taste different garlic products.  We also bought some chocolate garlic ice cream and vanilla garlic ice cream.  It was very good.  When it is in your mouth it tastes like ice cream and when you swallow you get a hint of garlic.  It was interesting but tasty!  We also bought a dark chocolate peanut butter and garlic cup that we have yet to try.

This was the Garlic Shoppe's mascot.

In the Garlic Shoppe i also found some baby corn and thought it was cute.


Tickets for a tour of Alcatraz were sold out, so we didn't get to go to Alcatraz but we did have a nice view of Alcatraz as we were walking around San Francisco, and here it is.

 At a campground in Kings Canyon National Park dad and I found these large pinecones while walking Timber.

We also saw a large pinecone in the ranger's station.


 This is the entrance gate into China Town in San Francisco.

This is a strange tree we saw when were were walking in San Francisco.

I saw this turtle in China Town and thought he was cute.

This is a video of Timber hunting something down a hole.
(Video Credit to Mom)          

In China Town we saw hear no evil, see no evil, and speak no evil monkeys, and because i love monkeys i took a picture with them.

Mom took a picture of we looking up a burn scar on a Giant Sequoia tree.  I could see up the tree, but the tree was beginning to heal.  The fire was not recent and the sequoia tree across from this one was already healed.

Tomorrow we will be driving over the Golden Gate Bridge and i will get to see the Pacific Ocean for the first time!

2 comments:

  1. Good morning Karen! Or, "sweet dreams" because it's only 3AM for you right now! The first picture of the Sequoia looks like it could be a picture of Timber's paw blown up really, really big! And I know what's actually going on in the picture of you looking at the Sequoia - you're in a time out and just too embarrassed to tell us so you came up with this story that you're looking up a tree to make sure it is healing from a long ago fire - good one! But come on - you can tell us - what did you do this time? Did you eat the garlic peanut butter cup and not share? Haha! Actually that's a cool picture and the fact that the Sequoia tree is healing just goes to show you that trees are people too!

    I don't remember seeing that amazing squiggly tree when we were in SF, but I like it a lot. And if you really love Andrea, then you'll go back and get that turtle, strap it to the roof of Harvey and bring it back for her. Then she could take it and put it on her desk at Uncle Chris' office. That would be great!

    Have fun going over the Golden Gate Bridge and seeing the Pacific Ocean - it is beautiful!!! Say hi and give hugs to everyone for me!! Love, Auntie Pam xoxoxoxo

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  2. Hello Karen and Family. I will pass on garlic ice cream and enjoy Smyth's soft serve. Those pine cones will make original, attractive earrings. They are almost as long as your hair was before you cut it. Like all your pictures. Especially the turtle and monkies. Love Beach Grandma

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