Harvey stays home, but Bruce & Pam go to California

Day 3 – Saturday

We got up Saturday morning and headed to Madera to see Sujedy and her kids. She made us a delicious Mexican lunch complete with the refried beans I love! It was great seeing them all. I can’t believe how much the kids have grown up since we saw them in 2020. Julia looks like a mini Sujedy.

Yes, this is Virginia! What!?!!
Of course I had to braid Julia & Virginia’s long thick hair.

On the way to Madera we passed lots of fields. Mostly crop fields, a few small orchards and even some cattle farms. I had to laugh at the California cattle farms. Those poor cows must have had goat or mule hoofs to keep from slipping down those grassy mountainsides.

California cattle farm. I didn’t get a good pic of the cattle perching on the side of the “hills”. Bruce must have been driving too fast.
Remember these things? We saw them on our trip across the country. We still don’t know what they are.
We saw lots of orchards of these trees. Maybe almonds?

We saw a few flooded fields from the massive rains California had in January. They are calling the rain atmospheric rivers. Never heard of that before. But these rains have really hurt the California growers around Madera. Some crops like strawberries were completely washed away. Homes were destroyed and equipment got ruined. Although it is definitely hurting the owners, it’s been really hard on the low-income farm workers who have been out of work.

A field still covered in water.
We saw a sign like this …
And then sure enough, we saw some wild tractors along the side of the road.

We saw a spectacular sunset on the way home. Filled the whole sky. Thanks God!
And meanwhile, back in Monterey, Bruce’s cousin Lottie got married. No, this is not Lottie and her husband, Paul. It’s Uncle Stan & Lottie, silly. Today is also Uncle Stan’s 80th bday! Happy Birthday Sir Stanley!