Did we mention fruit trees!?

There are many things to appreciate about southern CA - the weather, the beaches - but I think we can safely say that our experience was truly enriched by the produce, namely the fruit trees that are many on the Diaz/Gibson properties. The bounty was truly amazing to those of us used to the sparse fruit offerings of the northern US!









There are orange trees, which means fresh OJ in the morning! Of course someone thought to encourage a little entrepreneurship with that morning OJ...







Then there were the peaches...



AND the peach pie!



The grapes and grapefruit...



the pomegranates for pomegranate juice...



the basil for pesto...



and the lemons for lemonade. Between the lemons and the grapefruit we had a massive juicing event, even breaking out the Sunkist commercial juicer!