I spent 8-wonderful-days with my host, Stephanie, and she took me to a lot of interesting places, and she was genuinely interested in making sure that I enjoyed myself while I was in California, and she made sure that I didn’t only do turtle-related work, but have fun as well :D

And one of the first fun things we did together was to put up a booth at the Turtle Show in Woodlands Hills. We had, well at least I had, a lot of fun during the Turtle Show :)

It was quite a last-minute decision to visit the Strawberry Festival @ Oxnard. By the time we were leaving for Oxnard, it was about 3:30 pm, and when we arrived at 4 pm, we thought we only had an hour to run around before the vendors pack their stuff and leave at 5 pm. But of course, when we arrived, we were told that it would be close an hour later, so we had more time!

There were a lot of things to see at the Strawberry Festival, especially to somebody who has never been to a Strawberry Festival before. A lot of booths were put up and people sell all kinds of things from strawberry potted plants to strawberry earrings to strawberry T-shirts and strawberry hats. You name it, they have it! :D

And somebody even went to the festival in a strawberry bikini! Can you believe it?!

I had so much fun at the Strawberry Festival @ Oxnard that I was sooo looking forward to the Strawberry Festival at Stone Harbor yesterday but unfortunately, I missed it. Two other interns went to the festival and came back with lots of food — strawberry cupcakes, strawberry short cakes, etc. I’m sure glad I love strawberries! :D

More pictures of the California Strawberry Festival @ Oxnard here.

Up next: A visit to the Natural History Museum @ Santa Barbara.