100 Things I Like: The Pinnacle Farm Stand

Fresh, organic, and yummy-licious locally grown vegetables and fruit. That's why the husband and I like to head over to the Pinnacle Farm Stand in San Juan Valley almost every Saturday. The farm stand is open from  8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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100 Things I LIke: Seeing New Heights

I have always wondered what it looks like inside the old Elk Lodge on Fifth and San Benito Streets. It only took me several decades to finally find out. Well, at the least the stairways.

Yesterday morning, the husband and I stepped inside and climbed the stairs to the top floor. This is part of the front stairway. Beautiful, huh? It reminds me of  the stairways of the old buildings on Market Street in San Francisco. The back stairway is all carpeted and modern looking. Of course, I prefer huffing and puffing up the magnificent front stairway.

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Coming Up: Live Music at Mars Hill

Just got word that Bluegrass Duets from the Bay Area, as well as local musician Rich Mortela playing at Mars Hill (San Benito and Sixth Streets) this Saturday evening, November 5.

100 Things I Like: Tres Pinos

Tres Pinos is an unincorporated town in San Benito County, which is about 5 miles south of Hollister.  Population of Tres Pinos is 476, according to Wikipedia.   Once upon a time, Tres Pinos was a large shipping center for hay. The Southern Pacific even ran a railroad line to the town. Click here for more history about Tres Pinos. Today, Highway 25 runs through the town.

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100 Things I LIke: The Trap Door

There's nothing like wandering into a building I've been in more than once and seeing something I hadn't noticed before, especially when it was staring right at me each and every time. This time it was the trap door in the Galeria Tonantzin in San Juan Bautista.  Duh! And, of course, I went gaga over it.

Fortunately, the woman hanging out at the front counter was happy to tell the husband and me something about what was behind the trap door. It opens to a once-upon-a-time tunnel system beneath the mission city. She was told that the other end of the tunnel came out in the building where the priests live at Mission San Juan Bautista. It just made me want to know more. How about you?

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