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We were up at the crack of 8:00 am!\u00a0 We had a lot of fun last night.\u00a0 Diane fixed a nice breakfast and we packed up and departed at 9:00 am sharp.\u00a0 We zoomed out of town at 9:00 am, heading towards home after a super visit with the Porter Clan and Mr. Bennett.<\/p>\n
We headed down 101 until we went to SR152, which took us to Interstate 5.\u00a0 State Route 152 (SR 152) is a state highway that runs from east to west near the middle of the U.S. state of California from State Route 1 in Watsonville to State Route 99 southeast of Merced.<\/p>\n
The first few miles are tree-lined.<\/p>\n
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Trees line the highway for the first twenty miles!<\/p><\/div>\n
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It is a very well-maintained two and four-lane road.<\/p><\/div>\n
During the summer months, it is pretty dry!<\/p>\n
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The hills are dotted with those silly wind turbines.<\/p><\/div>\n
Its western portion (which is also known as Pacheco Pass Road and Pacheco Pass Highway) provides access to and from Interstate 5 toward Southern California for motorists in or near Gilroy and San Jose.<\/p>\n
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You can tell it has been raining.<\/p><\/div>\n
Gilroy is known for its\u00a0garlic<\/a>\u00a0crop and the annual\u00a0Gilroy Garlic Festival<\/a>, featuring various foods containing garlic.\u00a0 These led to the city being nicknamed the Garlic Capital of the World.<\/p>\n What do you call someone who has been raised by garlic? Garlic bred.<\/p>\n What does garlic do when it gets hot?\u00a0It takes its cloves off.<\/p>\n We had a good time, arriving home at 3:27 pm.\u00a0 Robin was still there, so we visited for a few minutes.\u00a0 I jumped in the shower, changed, and headed to Campus Jax to see The Westside Sisters, a modern takeoff on the Andrews Sisters.<\/p>\n It was a lively performance.<\/p><\/div>\n The six of us had a great dinner and enjoyed the performance!<\/p>\n We had the best booth in the house.<\/p><\/div>\n Mary and I stopped by Aces on the way home to visit the locals.\u00a0 We had a glass of wine before going home to rescue Scout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We were up at the crack of 8:00 am!\u00a0 We had a lot of fun last night.\u00a0 Diane fixed a nice breakfast and we packed up and departed at 9:00 am sharp.\u00a0 We zoomed out of town at 9:00 am, … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-25-006-scaled.jpg\")
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