http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Salinas/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , California , Salinas en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:09:31 +0000 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:09:31 +0000 We are Italy minus 48 hours when you factor in time zones. After 5 years of planning which you would think is plenty of time to learn more than a few phrases in Italian but alas we are leaving with our Ciaos Grazies Buongiornos and Arrivedercis to the San Francisco Airport tomorrow morning and flying away. Hope the volcano gods look favorable on the skies for the next 3 weeks though bei http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Salinas/blog-494400.html They don't call the Salinas River Valley the Salad Bowl of the World for no reason. I just had to touch and smell that dark brown soil for myself today. It seems just about anything will grow here and every inch of land is used for something. I was astonished to read that farmland here goes for 35000 an acre that's a bit of a difference than Kansas farmland. We've seen thousands of acres of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Salinas/blog-379806.html Da har ferien begynt Bilen og GPS et must ble hentet og vi fikk oppgradering der ogs. De liker tydeligvis og super size alt her borte Thomas ble den designated driver p frste kt og vi var rimelig nervse begge to fr avreise. Frste destinasjon var Santa Cruz som ligger ca 15 time sr for San Francisco. Vi startet ganske sent p dagen og ville derfor ikke kjre for lenge og ko http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Salinas/blog-310351.html Salinas CA is on the major rodeo circuit. Every July the professional cowboys come to town. We've been to this several times. The cowboys do wonders on the bulls and horses. This sort of sport is not for weaklings. Also they allow some of the younger cowboys to get involved. In one of the photos they're trying to catch some sheep not so easy to do. Outside there is food galore. Lots of BBQ http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Salinas/blog-304078.html We went to Google in the morning and Oracle in the afternoon. Both trips were really interesting and we learnt a lot from both of them. Here are some highlights of the tripsGoogle The Ball Pit and TRexOracle The Jaywalking Goose D http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Salinas/blog-218408.html Winter in Steinbeck country Salinas. In March these rolling hills on the outskirts of Salinas will be as green as Ireland. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Salinas/blog-123555.html Started my work at California Florida Plant Company www.cfpc.com I am guy between production and office and also coordinating the development of new fruit trees products. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Salinas/blog-87685.html Obviously Buff and I are home now. We got back the 2nd of October. There just wasn't time during the trip to actually write about the trip and we don't know how we would have added photos to blogs...so lucky youI have gone back and done blogs with photos as I would have if time had allowed. Now you can read not read comment or not. Thanks for the comments so far Patti Vivian. This is http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Salinas/blog-23693.html