Mini-vacay... day three

I hate that feeling that you get on your last day out of town. It sucks. You know you never want to go home after any amount of time spent away. Unless you left for something stupid.

Anyway, the plan for the day was to go to Pinnacles National Park (past Hollister and Tres Pinos on 25). They have some caves you can hike to and walk through. Tim went when he was a kid so we figured a hike for our last day might not be bad. We headed out there and it was kind of a crappy drive. Everything is so dry right now that it wasn't a particularly pretty view.

We got there and figured out which trail we wanted. Packed up the backpack with water and stuff and got going. It wasn't a bad hike. It got hot pretty quick though. Then we got to a set of caves (which actually used to be a canyon that some rocks fell on top of) and it got super cool. So we walked around the trail, checked out the little springs that were in there, and just wandered. There was one little pool farther down from us and we were shining our flashlights in it when Tim saw a frog and I saw a ring someone must have dropped. I decided it was "his precious" and he was gonna turn into Gollum. I'm a freak like that.

So kept hiking, made it up to a reservoir where we took our break. Saw some snakes swimming in the water, joked about how the setting was perfect for a crappy SciFi movie and something was going to jump out of the water and eat us... once again, freaks. Then we headed back down to the car. We probably did about three miles. When we got to the car I was freakin' hot so I changed before we got on the road.

So if any of you have driven the 152 in California (that's Pacheco Pass) you've probably gone by, or stopped at Casa de Fruta. It's a glorified roadside fruit stand. Or at least it probably started that way. They've got fresh fruit, dried fruit, nuts, candy... a little bit of everything. We stopped there because you kind of have to when you're driving. Got some stuff, walked around the little play area, took some cheesy pictures... the normal stuff you do at a rest stop that's also a tourist spot. Then back on the road for home.

We got home and just vegged the rest of the night. Micah aka the best house sitter ever, brought my keys and garage opener back later. She's so cute, she even made our bed for us. How much do I love her??

So that's it. Our mini road trip vacation. Totally want to do it again. We'd love to hit the ballparks in California. But not this year. Maybe next year. Any fans want in?