Spring Break Road Trip 2016 Day 7 - Gilroy & Paso Robles + vintage signs in LA

In the wee hours of the morning, before the sun was even out...

we left our favorite motel in SF (THE first one!) and headed south...

A quick breakfast would be here...

Spring Break Road Trip 2016 - Day 7 Highlights

We were off at 6:30 am...

before the sun was even out...

First Street Coffee House

With our donuts safely in their box, we made the super short drive to this strip mall...

where there was a popular (if the reviews were to be believed) coffee house...

Day 5 - Gilroy Donut House

We awoke to the sound of thunder and rain that morning. Breakfast consisted of leftovers from Arizmendi and Sheng Kee but it still wasn't going to be enough.

After checking out of the hotel and going across the tracks, we made a quick stop at the local donut house...

Bay Area Roadtrip - Day 5 Highlights

We made the trip back to San Diego during this cold and wet morning...

Just our luck, the train crossing signal went on and we waited and waited and waited...

But no train in sight. Not sure why we had to wait if nothing was there. Hmmm.

We were glad that we were out of SF during the storm but now we had to deal with rain and possible hail during the drive back home...

Gilroy Bowl

I forgot to mention in my previous post that the Garlic Shoppe guy had asked if we liked Loco Mocos. Bert said he did, but I'm not really into them. The reason he asked was because there was a little place in downtown Gilroy owned by Japanese Americans from Hawaii. I forget if they were 3rd or 4th generation. In any case, our interest was piqued...

He said the name of the restaurant was Scotty's and it was located within Gilroy Bowl, a bowling alley.

The Garlic Shoppe

We didn't come here to shop for bargains. Dude, it was time for a bathroom break. We couldn't find one in the outlets so we went to Home Depot (nice and airconditioned) for their facilities. TC also bought a few rolls of colored duct tape (purple and blue) for future crafts. My cousin's daughter is into crafting and her latest obsession was making things out of duct tape, like wallets and bracelets and such. TC wanted to try this craft for herself.

Funny how this is named San Ysidro since there are outlets in the San Ysidro down here. But I digress. We were in Gilroy, the Garlic Capitol of the World. We figured we'd check out at least one shop that specialized in garlic products.