Christmas Tree Lane

Sun-Maid had their 98th Annual Meeting on December 4th. Every year, we are invited to come and work and attend. But this is the first year I have come. We went up on Friday Afternoon, checked into a hotel. I am pretty sure I stayed at that hotel for Summit West back in 1993 or 1994.

After checking in, I met up with my other co-workers and we went to Christmas Tree Lane. It is a street about 3 miles long in Fresno. The city decorates the huge trees that line the street, and the rest of the gorgeous houses go all out. Most nights in December you can "drive" down the street one way with your windows down to listed to the music and enjoy the lights. But two nights a year, they close the street to car traffic. You take a bus to the start and walk back to your car. It was beautiful.

After the walk, we went to a restaurant called Wasabi- Off the hook. It was a modernly decorated Japanese restaurant. The food was good and we had a great time.

The next morning, we had to be up and ready by 7am (On a Saturday!). We had breakfast and headed over to the convention hall. There were some great displays and food from around the world with Raisins in it. I was working in the growers store and became the "Basket lady" but it was fun. We went to the meeting (Which is for our growers. We are a Co-Op of Raisin Growers- Not a corporation), then had lunch. I worked in the store for a couple more hours and headed home.