the trip started out great with dinner at one of our favorite restaurants in bulleton, ‘the hitching post’. a steak doesn’t get any better than this. one of the specials was a purely organic, 100% hormone free, the cows were never even offered chemicals, $42.00 12oz. ribeye. this is a steak to die for guys.
ours is the one on the upper left corner
look at the size of those burgers
I was still early when we finished dinner so we drove on to arroyo grande and spent the night at kmart. Walmart said no.
we decided to take highway 101 instead of 1. jerry and I were trying to figure out how many times we’ve been on highway 1 in the last 51 years. our closest guess, and it is just a guess, is at least 25. at least. probably more than that though. and then you have to add the drive home.
101 is not as interesting as 1 but we can always find something on any road we travel. and on this trip I decided to finally stop at the state hospital in atascadero and inquire about my father’s time there. it turned out I needed more credentials to prove I was his daughter to get any information. I will send them that when I get home and I can finally get some questions answered. I didn’t realize what a prison like hospital it is.
it was hard and sad, but yet it made me glad that I stopped.
our next stop was the mission in san miguel. i’ll put that in another blog
so stay tuned
Once in awhile-now and again-this is us 
Sending hugs and jealous over those yummy looking steaks.
I wonder, had the cows ever been offered chemicals, if they would have accepted. Were they hippie cows looking for a good high, or morally upstanding cows, who would have frowned upon chemistry-enhanced reality??
you’re so funny tony. ha ha aha
Sharon. As you know I worked in a state prison hospital at Chino. The detailed in-hospital records were expunged within two years. I think of all those hours of charting – gone. But the bare-bones of the hospital stay are kept. I wish you great luck in finding out what you need to know. Love you.
thank you Sharon. over the years I’ve been in and out of wanting to know. for whatever reasons, it seems like the right time.
It must have been daunting visiting the hospital. You have a great deal of courage. I wish I had more courage when I had the chance to know about my father. You go girl.