Mandy and Willow drove north through much of California, seeing new views of the state. We saw a lot of agriculture, but it was odd to see fields of grapes or orchards lined by agave and other desert plants, instead of "normal" weeds. We passed several trucks carrying produce, mainly huge beds of tomatoes and one with onions. Several places along the road produce had flown out of the trucks, and I was tempted to stop and rescue this wasted food. Mandy rediscovered that in California you must prepay for your gas, especially if you're using cash. We arrived in Auburn in the evening on Friday July 17th. Gwen's family was having a reunion, so there were lots of Smith family relatives, mostly strangers to us. It was nice to see a family enjoying time together. It was extremely hot in northern California. Checking the temperatures, I saw the outside climb to at least 107 degrees, while the inside climbed to 87 degrees. In Southern California, we had been lucky to avoid most of the heat. Saturday evening we went to a baseball game in Sacramento. It was to hot to enjoy, until the sun went down. Willow enjoyed cheering when everyone else was, clapping her hands, even though she knows nothing about baseball. We really enjoyed visiting my cousins that we rarely see; they grow up so fast, and tall!!! Willow loved them all, but especially liked "the boy," otherwise known as Gilbert. Willow was able to gorge on one of her favorites, green beans, at the "Thanksgiving dinner" on Sunday. Sunday evening we had a going away pizza dinner before packing up the cars and going to bed early. We got up pretty early on Monday morning and left pretty much on time for our long trek to Wisconsin.
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