Today we headed to Santa Barbara on Highway 101. This highway is also known as the Historic El Camino Real (Spanish for "The Royal Road" and in English "The King`s Highway"). Spanish missionaries established a series of religious outposts throughout this California highway. Each post was about 30 miles apart. One could reach all of the posts on a long day`s ride on horseback (equally 600 miles). Tradition has it that the padres sprinkled mustard seeds along the trail in order to mark it with bright yellow flowers. Bells were used as the Highway`s first road signs. They were hung by shepherd`s crooks. Our plan was to go to the original Sambos that is located at the Santa Barbara beach. Years ago, our Grandpa Hackworth use to take us to this restaurant in WA. I remember that he bought Shirley Temple drinks for me and Cheri. This place is very nostalgic for us and brings back great memories. In fact, I still have the tiger mascot toy that I got from one of our visits to the restaurant. So today we were excited to visit the original place. Unfortunately when we arrived, the place was closed for the day (they close at 3pm). We took some pictures, did a little reminiscing, and took a little stroll by the beach. As we left Santa Barbara, we all decided that we were too tired to set up camp and we were really hungry. We landed in Ventura and decided to stay at a motel tonight. The front desk hostess gave us some great advise on an awesome place to eat. Nana and I got Chinese food and Papa got catfish. I also tried a fried twinkie for dessert (it was delicious and served with warm strawberry jam). We are looking forward to visiting LA tomorrow. All of us are thankful that God has kept us safe on the road.
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