kakerlak said:
LOL,
My aunt and uncle live in Saratoga. Visited up there once when I was about 10 or so. Pretty, though my memory is a little fuzzy.
It was quite the little fruit producing town: apricots, cherries and plums (prunes) , in fact for about 80 years the Santa Clara Valley produced something like 80% of the nation's production of those 3 fruits. Has something like 1/4 of the top 1% quality of arable land on the planet. It was wall-to-wall orchards when we came in '60. Sadly, just about all the orchards are gone now. Silicon Valley demanded housing and pavement for its commuters.
Not sure where I am with that. I got a job but my kids (if I ever get any) will never know the joy of playing in 8 foot tall mustard grass by the creek that runs through the cherry orchard.
Sorry, end of veer. I'm sniffling now anyway.