It
has been a while since Jeff and I took a day off during the weekend to do a day
trip. Yesterday was that day. We did not really have anything
planned, we just said we will WING it. Although we took a quick look at a
map to see which direction we will head out. It seems like going South
was the way to go. While looking for the downtown area, we saw a small
market and we ended up buying some different kinds of wine that were reasonably
priced. The names are Wild Hare (Cabernet), Pink Truck (pink wine) and Hey
Mambo Kinky Pink (Rose).
Our
second stop was a small quaint town called San Juan Bautista. This is one
of the many missions which is part of the historical California. Downtown
area was filled with old building and the stores were mainly Antiques and
Collectibles. It is also a pit stop (lunch break) for a lot of the bikers
as it's on route to some of the scenic coastal towns. We walked around
and checked out some of the stores and the most interesting one is the Clock
store. The owner was so friendly and showed a lot of the pieces that he
restored. The variety of clocks is so amazing from Cuckoo, grandfather,
alarms, cute animal clocks and of course musical ones that plays a different
music every hour and clocks opening to a different scene. The prices vary
from $5 to $2000. One kind of music clock plays only Beatles tunes and
this what Jeff and I really liked but it was a bit expensive. All of a
sudden my stomach started growling so we head down to the end part of the main
street where a burger joint called JJ's burger. The outdoor seating was
starting to fill up so is the line up. We decided to split the
"BIKER BURGER" which has one patty, cheese, grilled onions, ortega
chili on a french roll. The meal came with Garlic Fries. For our
drink we decided to have a half and half (Vanilla and Kona Coffee)
milkshake. Our lunch arrived already split and everything was
yummy. The sky was blue and the temperature was just right. It was
time to head out to the next town.
Watsonville
and Freedom was our next destination. Nothing special but we drove to
their downtown area and while trying to find the highway One, I saw a KMart
store. Since I have not been to one in a very long time, we decided to
check it out. In the end I found a box of golf balls (pink and white) and
a package of wedge sponges.
It was
still a very nice day that we continued driving towards Capitola. This is
a similar town to Santa Cruz but a bit upscale. We walked around the
streets towards the beach and end up in a pub to have a beer. One store
we stopped by was a Cupcake store and I am sorry that I forgot to take photos
because their variety of cupcakes was so delicious but too sweet for me.
That's
it for our weekend. I hope that everyone is having a great one and took
the time to really enjoy what's left of the weekend.
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