Knowing that we wanted to go north on 101, I ignored the initial instructions from the GPS unit. We drove through Oceano, Grover Beach and Pismo Beach for the last time on this trip. We entered the 101 Freeway and headed north toward Morgan Hill. US-101 was our route until we were near Morgan Hill. 101 isn't freeway all the way, it is still a good highway but occasionally there were cross roads. There was only one steep grade., the Cuesta Grade. One of the three lanes on the grade was still closed to allow free movement for fire equipment fighting the Cuesta Fire. We were down to 30 MPH for much of the grade. We didn't have much traffic until we approached Gilroy.
We arrived at the Thousand Trails in Morgan Hill at about 12:30. It has been about 12 years since we were here last, so not much looked familiar. The fire danger dial was on "Extreme" and this area, like most that we traveled through today, looked tinder dry.
Since we expected our friends, Keith and Alice Kerslake, to arrive in a couple of hours we looked for two pull through sites that put our entry doors facing each other. We found two such sites but they were in the section that has been upgraded to 50 amp service and has an extra daily fee. They may have up graded the power supply but this park doesn't have sewer connections at the sites. They have dump stations and a pumping service. The pumping service is an extra fee. We will probably use the service toward the end of the week. That way we avoid the task of unhooking and closing everything up to drive to the dump.
Alice and Keith arrived at about 2. They have a fifth wheel trailer and were set up pretty quickly. We got right to the visiting. We saw them last in April in Lake Havasu City. Because of watering restrictions the grass between our sites is dead. We put out carpets to make a patio type area and hold down the dust and dead grass being tracked around.
One of the park employees came around checking who was in which sites as we hadn't taken that information to the ranger station. He gave us some restaurant recommendations in Morgan Hill. We drove into town but the restaurant we had choosen seemed to be closed. We spotted another place next door that seemed to be busy. We found a parking place on the street. I forgot to say that we had driven into town in Keith's new truck which is a 4 door daully and very large. This restaurant was Italian and reminded us of Chicago Joe's in Las Vegas. It was a small old house converted to a restaurant with a deck in front for outside dining. We choose to eat inside.
Our dining experience at Sicilia in Bocca was beyond great. Our waiter, who I think was the owner, was friendly, attentive, helpful and accommodating. The food? Well the food was extraordinary. Brocchetta for appetizers, and fresh warm bread served with the dinners. Slight changes in the menu were no problem. Gerri asked for a little more sauce on her pasta. The waiter brought out a tomato sauce that was freshly made. The only ingredients were Roma tomatoes, olive oil and onion cooked and then pureed. When we waiting for our leftovers to be boxed the waiter brought out a sample of their freshly made marinara sauce. Too bad we couldn't eat more. We didn't even ask about desserts. One of the best meals we have had recently. That is saying a lot after our recent experiences at The Old Custom House, and Old Juan's.
Back at the park we went to our separate units. Everyone was very tired after a long day. We were in bed with the lights out by 10:30.
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