{"id":35451,"date":"2019-01-29T23:17:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T06:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=35451"},"modified":"2019-02-01T01:12:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T08:12:09","slug":"the-adventure-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=35451","title":{"rendered":"The Adventure Begins!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s worse than raining cats and dogs? Hailing Taxis!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are off and heading to San Jose, eight hours ahead on good ol&#8217; 101! We drove through Malibu before connecting with 101 at Oxnard.<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Did You Know?\u00a0Malibu is named for the Venture\u00f1o Chumash settlement of Humaliwo, which translates to \u201cThe Surf Sounds Loudly.\u201d This pre-colonial village was situated next to Malibu Lagoon and is now part of the State Park.<br \/><br \/>The Chumash tribe spoke in a Salinan-Seri dialect of the Hokan language family. The word &#8216;Chumash&#8217; means &#8220;bead maker&#8221; or &#8220;seashell people&#8221;. They were described by the Spanish as \u201dof good disposition, affable, liberal, and friendly&#8221;.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p>We ran into some fog hanging on the shoreline and it caused us to slow down a bit&#8230;that was fine as we got to see more&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"blob:http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/759f638e-c1bb-476e-974a-5e171180571d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"637\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/malibu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/malibu.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/malibu-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/malibu-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/malibu-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/malibu-450x319.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The fog was quite thick!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We stopped at Buellton at Split Pea Andersen&#8217;s &#8230;a place we have been stopping for 30 years!  I can remember my family stopping there in the 195o&#8217;s so it has been 60+ years for me!  It&#8217;s always been the same as I recall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"254\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/split-pea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/split-pea.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/split-pea-150x42.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/split-pea-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/split-pea-768x217.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/split-pea-450x127.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Great food and amazing atmosphere!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2663\" height=\"1997\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/split-pea-sue.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/split-pea-sue.jpg 2663w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/split-pea-sue-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/split-pea-sue-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/split-pea-sue-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/02\/split-pea-sue-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2663px) 100vw, 2663px\" \/><figcaption>Simply good food&#8230;.and vegetarian!!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We drove until about 5:00 PM arriving in Saratoga to visit Diane and Pat.  Lisa and Patrick joined us (Patrick is the new boy friend&#8230;and a really great guy!)  We got some Italian takeout and returned home and gabbed for several hours before crashing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow we are off to Stockton&#8230;to tell Aunt Kaye we are moving her to an assisted care facility&#8230;tough conversation&#8230;bit it has to be done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s worse than raining cats and dogs? Hailing Taxis! We are off and heading to San Jose, eight hours ahead on good ol&#8217; 101! We drove through Malibu before connecting with 101 at Oxnard. 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