Ventura** Cala Figuera

... visit to the city (the 2 previous were with the National Tour of Footloose and the National Tour of Sleeping Beauty the Musical) and I recommend going to Brophy Brothers Seafood, the Santa Barbara Arboretum and exploring all the amazing shops downtown.

... down here. At that moment, Jim was creeping past the tee-pee when he suddenly spun around and tiptoed back to me. He had looked inside the tent and someone was fast asleep in there! We then spotted a couple of other tents and realised that it was some type of hippie commune! What a great place to live! Although, they mustn't have any electricity, gas or running water other than the water from the creek, but they had.the simple things and nature in abundance. We walked ...

... br>...OMG (explains nothing.)
...framed with subtle soft backgrounds of..whatever
The explanations alone were funny but then with the Brits I added my notes on each wine...exasperating, sublime, rumple stiltskin, flabbergastingly typical, lovey jubilee...
and after all of that fun..I left my paper there...typical.

Stop #3 - Koehler Vineyards.
I liked this one more than the last. The land the vineyards were on were the most scenic of all and exactly the type ...

We got back on the bus at 7:45am for the penultimate time on our way for our last night in Carpinteria. To be honest its quite a while ago now as ive been pretty slack over the last month keeping the blog but we stopped off at a beach on the way at Santa Barbara for a few hours before getting into Carpinteria at 6pm. We had dinner in the bar all together and had some quiet drinks whilst reminiscing the past weeks events ...

... corner, but it does hold the coast as a national treasure. The weather was fantastic to start with, and it only got warmer and warmer as we drove further south. Highway 1 meandered all of the way along the coast, up and down. I did quietly chuckle to myself when I saw a 'wiggly roads' sign that said underneath "for 137 miles". They weren't wrong. We kept stopping, probably too much. Every corner we seemed to go around brought another breathtaking view and, in the end, we had to agree not to ...

... so they were given a bottle of champagne. He then asked who had been married more than 10 years, 20 years etc. One couple had been married more than 60 years, so they were given the bottle of champagne and we all toasted each other. We were all called onto the dance floor for a special dance and then the cake was served. It was a lovely little party and if you are celebrating something special you really should ...

... br>left and right. The town of Solvang is a Danish culture community with
many shops, bakeries, and art galleris. The town's buildings are built
in the design which is set to remind you of Denmark. We visited one of
the bakeries here and sampled some of their delicious pastries and did
some shopping. We then headed on to Santa Barbara and walked along the
ocean and pier, Santa Barbara is a very pretty location.

... They seemed so serious about their sport. So many surfers arrived on their own which really showed me their deciation to surfing rather than a pack of friends going together to the beach. I got back in my car and continued driving the coast. I stopped and took a 2 mile roundtrip hike in Solstice Canyon. I ...

... and the evidence of its existence is overwhelming! The guy who runs the museum is so persuasive he had Sarah convinced in half an hour! Luckily I managed to persuade Sarah not to launch an immediate Bigfoot expedition and continue with out road trip. We found a great little spa in santa cruz where you can get a private hot tub for just $10 an hour! It was very relaxing after a hard days driving / navigating/snoozing! We spent the night in Santa Cruz, which is a bit of ...

ahhh... the fun part of traveling. I've got a list of things to do and an empty suitcase to pack. the hardest part of today is taking little g to the doggy day care.... waaahhhh My itinerary goes something like this... Thursday January 12th arrive in Dallas 1:05 PM Saturday January 14th arrive in Mobile 2:38 PM Wednesday January 18th arrive in Ne Jersey 1:20 PM Monday January 23rd arrive in BUrbank 2:40 PM any questions from anybody?