It's All Good in Central California

350 miles and counting. From Madera, I came down the 99, to the 41, to the 46 over to the 101 on the other side - rolling green hills, wineries, the best carne asada at a random taco stand, happy cows munching healthy, just-rained-on, green grass, enormous adrenaline overtaking trucks in one-laners, and a grand hill to drive over where you slowly take your foot off the gas as you glide through the greenness of the hillsides - wonderful.

Miles later, I arrived at the San Luis Obispo Madonna Inn - a historical hotel with 109 unique, thematic rooms - American Beauty, Cloud Nine, Floral Fantasy, Jungle, San Francisco, Sky, Victorian Gardens. Mine is the Mountain Cabin room complete with a landscape mural with Native Americans and coach wagons in the background, actual rock protruding from the walls, evergreen accented candle lights, turquoise shower, sparkly ceiling like a night of stars - hee hee, very fun!

After settling in, I went to downtown SLO and stumbled on a huge farmers' market that takes place every Thursday evening - tomatoes, lettuce, asparagus, strawberries, avocadoes, tangerines - lots of wonderful colors displayed for sale. Tomorrow, after visiting with my site, I want to grab a couple sandwiches from the Art Cafe here, a business that Oprah rejuvenated when it was on the brink of failure. A tasty curry chicken sandwich named after Oprah has my name and my mom's name written all over it. Bringing it and this work roadtrip home for the weekend.