January 24th - We're back on the road!

After a holiday hiatus in Hollister near Sarah, Joe, Owen, and Lucy, we are heading South... Destination: Quartzite, Arizona where all the RV crazies gather in the low desert for the winter months of January & February. It was difficult to leave as we have gotten very attached to Sarah's family especially our cute and energetic grandchildren. When I would walk into the house, Owen would say, "Let's race, Grandpa!", so that is how I would get my exercise for the day. Lucy would always be calling out my name, "Bapa, Bapa!" and walk over to show me something she had picked up or just wanted me to pick her up. We made friends at their local church and were even regulars at the Wednesday night bible study. But, alas, we are rolling stones and must move on.

Owen and Lucy

We made plans to leave the Mission Farm RV Park in San Juan Bautista at 9:30 A.M. and we left and 9:34 A.M., which was pretty good for us! We headed down highway 101 thru the Salinas valley farming country. The day was clear and sunny and the temperature got up into the high 60's. This drive was much more interesting than driving down the monotonous interstate 5, as we passed by small towns, farms, vineyards and even an oil field in Paso Robles.
We arrived at The Flying Flags RV Park in Bueller, Ca. at 1:15 in the afternoon. They have multiple hookups spaces, RV storage, and a grassy field area where you can just park you RV with no hookups. We chose the grassy field area for a mere $22 for the night. There was only 1 other RV on this huge grassy area, so we pretty much had the place to ourselves.
After we unhitched the trailer, we drove just a few miles into Solvang. The town was founded more than 100 years ago be some Danish settlers and has kept up the Danish theme. I thought it would be 1 small main street with a few shops, but it was block after block of restaurants, shops of every kind including pastries, needlepoint, Christmas all year round, hats, jewelry, wine tasting, you name it. We walked around for about 1 1/2 hours, bought a Christmas ornament, a delft plate refrigerator magnet, a hat, and some jewelry. We were good and did not eat any fudge, ice cream, or candy, and went back to the trailer for a dinner of salmon.



Is Jan in Denmark, Holland, or California?