Have you ever heard of Corning? It's a tiny, 1-street downtown with a population of 7500, just 2 hours north of Sacramento. It's the "Olive City," with the world's largest olive cannery. It also is home to Sunsweet prunes.
The Olive Pit is advertised for miles on Hwy 5. We had to stop and look. It's a store with every kind of green olives imaginable. There are ones stuffed with the usual garlic and almonds but there were also ones stuffed with anchovies (my favorite), blue cheese and jalapeno. They also have olive oil, muffaleta mix and balsamic vinegar. The best part of it were all the samples available. It's worth a quick 15-minute stop if you're passing through and like olives.
Directly across the street was a Super 8 motel. The rooms were clean, the beds were comfortable and air conditioning worked. It was 85 degrees at 8 pm so that came in very handy. There is a free continental breakfast in the morning with make-you-own waffles.
They even had a tiny pool.
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