Hollister, Gilroy & Garlic

We needed a few groceries and decided to take a ride to the neighboring towns. We headed north on hwy 25 through the towns of Paicines, Tres Pinos and Hollister. We found a feed store in Hollister (which is a pretty good size town) and picked up food for Buddy. He's feeling better again! And all along the highway for miles and miles, we could smell garlic.


Then, at the intersection of 25 and hwy 101, we found The Garlic Shoppe. I knew that Gilroy (only 3 miles away) was the garlic capital and that they have a famous garlic festival every year. So, we had to stop. They had everything you could think of, made with garlic. Salsas, spices, candy, mayo, decorations. It was a lot of fun to browse but the prices were a little high. We ended up with a jar of spices and some fun pictures.

We continued on to the big city of Gilroy where we found a Costco and Walmart. Life is good! The Costco had a lot of different items than what we were used to in Washington. And, they didn't have a few items we needed. But, our stop at Walmart took care of that.


We saw something new to us in the Costco parking lot. It was a parking spot dedicated to electric car parking. Just pull in, hook up to the electricity machine and pump in some quarters.

Prices are quite a bit higher in California than Washington. Fortunately our shopping list was pretty short and we were on our way home. (Home is where we park it)


That was about it for our day. We got back to the coach and just relaxed. All of the windows and doors are open and it's about 82 degrees. Aaaaaaaaaaahhh.......