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| Flat, flat, flat! And no headwinds. That's just the way I like it! I did get my sweat on though... The Central Valley is pretty hot, but it's really cool to see all the produce that is grown here. |
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| Southern made the front page of the paper! Well Bike & Build did. But her picture was featured and she was cheesing hard when she first saw it. |
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| My only goal (apart from blogging each day and finishing the trip with minimal van time) was to eat an entire roadside cantaloupe. As I was riding this morning, I decided that today would be the day. After all, time is running out and we just happen to be going through an area that produces over 230 crops and 8% percent of the nation's agricultural output by value. I started seeing signs for Barb's Produce Stand starting about 5 miles away and my excitement began to rise. We had to ride a mile off route to get there and I was highly disappointed when I arrived to find that they were out of cantaloupe. Still, I didn't want to give up so I found Barb herself and told her what I was doing and asked if she had any in the back. She was so enthused to meet my friends and I, and she raced into the back refrigerator to get me the last cantaloupe; she had hidden it away because it was becoming too ripe on the stand. She even cut it up for me to eat and didn't once mention the price. As I ate in utter euphoria, my friends munched on free nectarines. |
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| After I ate the cantaloupe, I asked Barb how much I owed her. She said I didn't owe a thing; she only wanted a picture with us. Meeting Barb (and eating her cantaloupe and playing with her cat) was one of my favorite moments of the trip. Her excitement and interest in us was completely genuine. She welcomed us to her stand and went out of her way to make my dream come true. It was amazing! |
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| Aw... Tonight we our last family meeting. Apparently, Sam and Logan thought this deserved a standing ovation. I don't disagree... |
The Catty Corner:
California: the Land of Fruits and Nuts
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