We are at the vineyard in Aptos now waiting on the picking crew to finish. We knew this would be a slow pick. The clusters are small and spaced apart. That slows a crew down a lot. Still we hoped to be on the road by 1 PM. Now it looks like 4PM at the soonest. That will crate a bunch of logistical issues for us.
Worst of those issues is we’ll be stuck in traffic on hwy 17 heading back towards San Jose. Traffic returning from the beach is at the worst from 4-6 PM. We’ll also have to finish processing the fruit in the dark tonight. We’re really not set up for that at Chaine d’Or so it will be tough.
We also won’t be able to get a weight tag. The public scales all close at 5PM and there is no way we can get an empty weight today. It will be a long night. Suspect we will finish well after 10 PM.
I did take this video though of the vineyard. I’m using the new netbook we got and Verizon’s 3G system to try and get the video published.