The power! The passion! The produce!

Robin and I took a road trip to Oroville on Saturday. Stated purpose, to meet with the owners of the fitness center that will be one of the controls on the upcoming Davis Bike Club's Gold Rush Randonnee. Not-so-hidden agenda purpose, all those produce stands along Hwy. 70.

Not much to say about Oroville except that it's original downtown appeared utterly deserted. Storefronts vacant, the only open shops a couple of antique stores, the only lively appearing human a skateboarder taking advantage of the empty streets. The name of the business center kind of says it all . . .

Time to leave. On to . . .

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First stop, a smallm open-front stand, where we netted some blackberries, cherries, lemon cukes and cherry tomatoes.

Then we found Tony's, clearly the winner in both produce and ambience . . .

Tomatoes, nectarines (yellow and white), peaches (ditto), cukes, jams, olive oil, berries, potatoes, corn, melons, and Tony's famous sweet red onions . . .

Definitely sweet!

(N.B.: The corn, we were told, is trucked in from Dixon. What this implies about other items at Tony's is anybody's guess, but for sure the tree crops are local; we saw the trees.)

Robin's haul

. . . and mine

Don't buy more than you can carry!

So far, the tasting experience has been as good as the shopping experience. This may have to become a regular road trip.