Another week

Silver 1 has officially completed our first week of service (although we did have Thursday off). It was intense work but we really did get a lot done. On Friday we moved to a trail on the BLM's land. We cleared trees hanging over the path and did lots more bassia removal. Fun stuff. I got to take out a small palm tree and it turns out the palms from Palm Sunday come from the center of palm trees. It seems so obvious but who knew?!
On Saturday the whole team headed to Visalia, CA. It's about an hour north of Alpaugh. We went to a great farmers market in the morning. We split into groups and each group had a list of fruits or vegetables to find. Once we found all our items most of us got distracted by all of the free samples or fun crafts around. I wish I had taken pictures but I was just too distracted I guess. My favorite stand was one with a large assortment of dips and pita bread. The cilantro jalepeno dip was delicious!
Afterwards we ran a couple of errands, Target/bank, then headed downtown. Steve had reccomended a cafe called the Tazzaria so we hunted it down. But once we got there most people thought it was over priced and headed on their way. I thought it looked good but I wanted to look around some more so I went with.
After deciding I couldn't resist the honey mustard chicken sandwich I went back to the Tazzaria, where it turns out Ron had been talking to the owner and got us a deal of $7 for anything on the menu which was normally around $10-16. I was quite happy about that and my sandwich was fantastic.
Then I wandered around some more. There was a thrift store run by the American Cancer Society. I bought "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer and the game Mastermind. Then I saw a set of crochet hooks, and since Kendra said she would teach some of us I couldn't resist. It was supposed to have 5 crochet hooks but I noticed one is an orange peeler.....It's ok, I actually was looking for one at the store a few months ago haha. So then everyone told me there was a craft store down the street so I went and bought some yarn. Afterwards there were a few of us waiting around for other people to come back from more errands (Costco, Walgreens, etc.) so I headed to a sports bar where Kyle had to see the Ohio State game.
Later that night Kendra refreshed me on how to crochet....but now I can't decide what to make! Not much is going on today. Starbucks in Delano and later some of us will venture to church again!

My delicious sandwich from Tazzaria