{"id":157,"date":"2014-09-23T01:36:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T01:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/growingps.com\/?p=157"},"modified":"2014-09-23T01:36:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T01:36:46","slug":"california-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/growingps.com\/?p=157","title":{"rendered":"California Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of people have asked why we do states as well as countries? The answer is that most states are the same size as a county and each state is very different. They have their own dialect, flag, culture,\u00a0and food; and when families move from state to state, just like when they move from country to country, they keep these things and pass them on to their kids.<\/p>\n

Take California, which we did today. I learned today that if California’s economic size were measured by itself compared to other countries, it would rank the 7th largest economy in the world.\u00a0 We also learned a lot about grapes, wine, movies, and the gold rush. I also got to tell the kids about how my parents moved us to California when I was about p’s age to start a vineyard, but because of red tape and bugs we ended up living by the beach for a year and then moving back to the east coast.<\/p>\n

We started the day a bit late with coloring flags.<\/p>\n

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Then brunch, the girls tried grapefruit for the first time and really liked it.<\/p>\n

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Because of some things going on this weekend, the menu got modified a bit. We cut the cobb salad and the rolls, but kept the rest.<\/p>\n

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After Monte Cristo Sandwich, Avocado spread on Sourdough bread and raisins we drove some of the streets on Google maps and talked a bit about the climate and earthquakes. P was very interested in the plate tectonics. Uncle Chris and Chuck did a great job explaining it all to her.<\/p>\n

Chuck and p spent the afternoon in true laid back California style.<\/p>\n

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What state or country would you like to see us do next?<\/p>\n

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