GTW Hop 37: Gilroy, CA, to San Jose, CA

19 miles via US 101 and local streets.  Cumulative distance: 6,184 miles.

GTW Hop 37: Gilroy CA to San Jose CA

This last hop of the GTW was less than 20 miles and was made simply to move Patience to her winter resting place: the Coyote Valley RV Resort which sits on the border between San Jose and Morgan Hill. I will describe the park in more detail later, but will say now that the back-in site we were given was a BITCH. Between the steel post guarding the electrical panel, the curb at the office and the bushes lining the site, it was damn near impossible navigating into the space. It took about 6 tries. But we made it.

Our home for the past 4 nights was the Gilroy Garlic USA RV Park in Gilroy (“Garlic City”), CA. No, it did not smell like garlic, thank God. It was a nice park with a lot of long-term residents, including one family with four home-schooled kids who didn’t seem to get a lot of schooling – they were out riding their scooters pretty much all day long. Living in a trailer with 4 children? Sounds like a little corner of hell to me.

We used the four days to, as Jett says, “put pins back in the box.” In other words, recuperate. The last 3 weeks have been grueling and we needed some R&R. However, we did go out to dinner one night at the Claddagh Pub and Restaurant in Gilroy, which turned out to be one of the best Irish restaurants we have ever experienced. It is family-operated, so our server was the son of the owner. Very nice, friendly place. They were sponsoring a “Secret Santa” benefit for some local disadvantaged kids, so naturally Jett signed us up. We went shopping the next day for Steve, a 16-year-old boy who wanted pajamas, socks and chocolate. What? No videogames or CDs?

Anyway, if we like Coyote Valley (a big if… Jett already dislikes the staff) we will be here for 6 months. So if you want to write us, out address is:

Coyote Valley RV Resort
9750 Monterey Rd, #68
San Jose, CA 95103

Watch for changes, though, as I can’t be sure yet that we will be here for the entire 6 months.

Thus ends the GTW. I will do a post-mortem later, I think. I hope you have enjoyed the trip.