Getting into San Francisco airport at lunchtime means I'll have an easy two hour drive to Sacramento right?
No, its stop and go for close to 4 hours and I still haven't got over the Bay Bridge! By the time I get close to Davis I decide to call it and day and look for somewhere to stay.
Driving up the interstate there is no shortage of options, so head for a small town called Woodland. A rural service town with a huge tomato processing factory. I wonder if I can get a tour there... 'No not this week sorry'.
The Central Valley is one worlds most productive agricultural regions and is big on agriculture - but not the agriculture we are used to seeing in NZ. Vast ares of tomatoes, hence the factory. Corn, almonds, grapes and avocados also feature a lot.
A meeting with Deanne Meyer Ph.D, who is a livestock waste management specialist gives me an insight into the research and focus activities on the current and future needs of the livestock industries in the Central Valley region.
A trip into the Capay Valley region gave the opportunity to stop in at Full Belly Farms. An organic farm producing a variety of crops all year around and provides employment for up to 60 employees and selling produce both online and through a weekly farmers market, on the farm.
As luck would have it, I'm due to fly to Calgary on Saturday evening and have a few spare hours to take in the first day of racing in the Americas Cup regatta!
It's to good of an oportunity to miss - still regretting turning down Rolling Stones ticket in Washington DC!
It was great to be a part of the celebration with two wins from two on the first day. The weather was perfect and the atmosphere was brilliant. Piers overflowing with people - a lot of whom were Kiwi's.
As I headed back to the airport it became apparent that l wouldn't see too much more of the action from San Francisco bay in the media while in Canada or the US for that matter. No sign of it on any advertising or sport channels even.
Too many other sports to be bothered with a bunch of yachts I suppose...
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