sorry about no blogging for a few days. but when we arrived in kingsburg, california (riverland rv resort), their internet connection was down and on the "list" to be repaired. needless to say we were going through withdrawals from not having a connection to the information super highway. so, today, we stopped for lunch at mcdonald's in kingsburg so we could have a connection. we doubt that we will have a connection at the campground, so maybe we'll have to come here again tomorrow or at least within a couple days. we are just visiting relatives and friends now. we had a pleasant drive from my son's house in north hollywood to kingsburg, taking us-101 along the california coast to morro bay and joining california-41, which took us into kings county. the first part of today's history lesson is about highway-101, which was the route that father junipero serra took to establish the california coastal missions to convert the local indians to christianity. the road was named "el camino real" or the king's highway. anyway, then it was a straight shot on california-198 to california-99 to riverland. we ended up on old-41 at atascadero instead of the new-41 and drove a very windy road through a small (really small) town named shandon. when we exited back onto new-41 we were near cholame and decided we needed a short rest. by that time it was about 8:15 pm because we also decided when we were near solvang, california that we would take a short break there, which lasted three hours. oh, well, we are retired so i guess we don't have to be anywhere on a schedule this trip, do we? we pulled into the campground at 10:00 pm, backed the trailer into our site, climbed inside and called it a day. that was the longest driving day so far at about 8 hours. we took off at 10:00 am from van nuys, california (near north hollywood). nancy also managed to find a quilt shop upstairs at rasmussen's gift shop in solvang, so a-shopping she did go! while in solvang we also visited the mission santa inez, one of 21 spanish missions along california's coast from san diego to marin county (near san francisco). this particular mission was built in 1803 and is still a functioning catholic church today, two hundred seven years later. weather is starting to get warm (nancy says hot!!) at 90ยบ on saturday, may 15th. the swedish festival in kingsburg was going on saturday, so we joined the kids and granddaughters for the swedish pancake breakfast and a look-see. it has been years since we attended the swedish festival, so it was a nice break. now, we are at the mcdonald's in kingsburg for lunch and an internet-fix. take a gander at that 6-foot dala horse. warmin' up in central california...
