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Putting some thought into getting to the Strawberry Festival

Strawberries and Logistics

Just some random thoughts on the Strawberry Festival. The CA Strawberry Festival will be held in Ventura this month - 17 & 18th of May. I going to the Strawberry Festival. This year we'll be doing something new - taking the train.

Back in the day, when it was in Oxnard, we'd drive. Back in the day -- maybe about 2010? Parking was 10 bucks on site. Now it's 30.00 on site at the fairgrounds and when I went back in 2023 with Andy - the fairgrounds parking was full so we had to park on the street. The pro about parking on the street - it didn't cost anything. The con? It was a bit of a hike.

They've always had shuttles from like the outlet malls, etc but I'm not thrilled about riding a stinky shuttle full of people. At least shuttles were free.

From the time I started doing in 2010 until 2022, the festival was in Oxnard at the College, but the festival kept growing and growing and it outgrew the College so now it's at the Ventura County Fairgrounds which is HUGE. The first year at the fairgrounds was 2023 when I went with Andy.

The Metrolink and Amtrack goes from Simi Valley to Ventura and who doesn't love a good train ride? I'm not sure of the price but I anticipate a 20.00 round trip. I just have to drive to Simi Valley which is about a 30-40 minute drive.

But hey, it's about the adventure.

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