03-03-22 Thursday
Castro Valley, CA to Corning, CA
Harvest Host
Jeeps in Parking Lot: 1 (ours)
Drive Time: 3 hours, 20 minutes
Miles: 172.1
Arrived: 2:30 PM
CASTRO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
We woke this morning to a huge thunderclap from Mother Nature. Rattled the house. We laughed…of all the days to leave for our next long road trip, Mother Nature decides to just make it a little challenging. We have had clear weather for months. We finished packing a few things in the RV, taking care of plants, and yes, we are on the road again. This time for 21 days. I’m in my navigator seat and ready to roll.
We are heading to the north coast of Oregon, a few miles south of Lincoln City to an RV park on the beach called Sea and Sand RV Park. Amanda told us about the park months ago. We did some research and decided to book the trip. Ryan, Amanda and the kids will be joining us the end of next week for 3 days. Looking forward to seeing them. It’s been a while. We saw them last November when my brother Billy passed away. It was during covid so we couldn’t hug anyone. Really tough, especially with Addison and Tucker.
CORNING, CALIFORNIA
Our first stop is The Olive Pit in Corning, California. This is a Harvest Host site and not sure what to expect. We headed out and took 580 to 680 to 80 to 505. Neither of us have been on 505. Great road with lots of orchards on either side. The blooms were falling, and the orchard grounds looked like they had a dusting of snow. Same as when the blooms fall during February in the almond orchards in the San Joaquin Valley.
We made it to Corning around 2:30. Large parking lot in the back with long pull throughs. Just a normal parking lot, nothing exciting. Safeway across the street and gas stations on 3 corners. We parked, stretched a bit, and headed over to The Olive Pit to check it out.
I have never seen so many olives in one place. All kinds of olives, stuffed with almonds, garlic, blue cheese, jalapeños, peppers, coffee bean, and pimentos. Also, a great wine and beer selection, olive oil, balsamic, seasonings, grape leaf tea, locally made cutting boards that were beautiful. They had a little café but was take out only for now. In a little alcove was wine tasting. I’m sure we missed something. This seems to be a popular spot for Harvest Host guests and locals. Easy off the freeway. We picked up “just a few” items and headed back to our RV.
I made sandwiches and we opened a bottle of olives that were extremely garlicky and yummy. I don’t think I’ve ever had an olive that garlicky. We cleaned up the lunch dishes and walked over to Safeway. Barry wanted cookies and we forgot cornmeal for the pizzas next week. On the way back we checked out the Shell gas station on the corner. We wanted to make sure we could get in and out tomorrow morning, it seemed doable.
Once we returned to the RV, we opened the bag of Boston Baked Beans we bought at The Olive Pit. I remember these as one of my dad’s favorites. They were so fresh and crunchy. After a few handfuls I asked Barry to put them away, so I didn’t devour the whole bag! I think I was channeling my dad.
We settled into our spots, I on my computer to catch up on emails and Barry on the sofa reading a book. Tomorrow, we head over Shasta Mountain area and into Oregon to Edenvale Winery in Medford, Oregon. Thank you all for reading and good night.
Have a fun trip!
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