743 March 4, 2022 Curves and Hills

We had light rain this morning which made it really hard to go out and walk…but I did.

It was moving day again.  Our journey today took us through the fertile Salinas Valley past hemp fields and new cauliflower fields. 

We could also see red strawberries on the vine for acres.

We took Highway 101 to 198.  This is a scenic route.  We have never seen landscape like this before, rumpled hills, the Cholame Hills.  It was very pretty even on this cloudy drizzly day.  It was very curvy and hilly and the driving was intense for a while…but well worth it!

We passed lots of cattle ranches.

As we approached the town of Coalinga, the terrain changed again…more trees, rockier, and more mountainous.

Just before the town, there were a bunch of oil rigs.

We crossed Highway 5 and we entered the San Joaquin Valley.  This is another huge commercial agricultural area.  Lots of America’s produce comes from right here. 

We passed miles of pistachio trees.

Grape Arbors.

Rice fields.

Orchards in bloom…not sure what grows here.

And lemon groves and onion fields and lots of other stuff as well!

There were large solar farms, though today, they were not harvesting any sunlight.

We are staying at King County Fairgrounds.  We walked the property late this afternoon.

This evening, we went into the town of Hanford where we found Zaytoona, a Mediterranean restaurant.  Tim enjoyed lentil soup and a vegetarian platter with stuffed grape leaves, Fattoush salad, falafel, hummus, baba ghanouj, and tabbouleh.  I had a gyro with tzatziki sauce and Fattoush salad.  Really tasty food and again…something different!