Pangea Cafe

In Sacrcramento right next to Gunthers ice cream

High hand nursery

I visited this nursery today and was pleasantly surprised by it, the employees were nice and even though they had technically already closed they let us roam around and kept the registers open for a few extra minutes. they had great planting displays.

Crepes Oh La La

In Walnut creek, on Locust Street, this creperie seemed to spring up overnight, but maybe I just wasn't paying attention. We came here for some brunch after going to the farmers market. It was busy, and the staff were not friendly or helpful. The crepes were crepes - tasty goodness.

Mt. Diablo Summit

 

We picked an unfortunate day to hike to the top of Mt. Diablo 

After driving into the state park ($10 entrance fee), we selected a spot on the side of the road to park near the junction area. The maps given to you at the entrance, and posted along the trials are not very detailed. So we guestimated that where we parked would be a good hike. The weekend prior we had hiked in the back side to Donner Canyon and falls trail, and were very glad we wore shorts that day, so today we did the same, but the mountain was covered in a thick layer of fog today, and by the time we got a mile or so into the hike we couldn't really see anything off the mountain. 

At one point I got a call from a print shop where I left some work that morning, and while I stopped to take the call, we realized it was kinda cold...J. guessed it to be 52, I guessed 47. then when the call ended we were even colder, J. moved her guess down to 47, but I said maybe 42... When we reached the summit the inside of the visitors center was SO HOT! we asked what the temp was outside, and after a call, she told us 37! holy crap were we not preparred for this weather. We hung out in the visitor's center for a while (they would make some $$$ if they had hot drinks available up there in the winter), which actually stated feeling chilly by the time we went to leave. When we walked out the door, it was SO COLD we started running... we ran for a while until we warmed up enough to go back to a hiking pace.  At the bottom of the mountain it was still only 45 degrees or so according to the themometer in my car.

Next time I plan to go to the summit, I'll check in with the rangers to see if it's worth it... http://www.mdia.org/spinfo.htm