Daily Archives: January 7th, 2014
Santa Barbara, Redeemed.
Our first visit to Santa Barbara was disappointing. We simply didn’t find anything that interesting, plus we were hungry and had the dogs with us. So, we went back to the campground wondering if we had dreamed of a different Santa Barbara all those years ago. A few days later we needed to find a …
Chumash painted cave
So we heard about this painted cave nearby. One person said it wasn’t worth the drive. Another person showed us pictures he took with his phone. We had some time to spare so we went. It was pretty much straight uphill, and around way too many curves with sheer drops on my side of the …
Breakfast, wild west style
This was a main stopping place for people traveling from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The sign says they were frequently robbed along the way but they always had a good hot meal here at the Cold Spring Tavern. We wouldn’t have found this place had we not heard from our neighbors how good the …
Down on the Ranch
Our first longhorn steer…in California. I got out of the car with my camera and every single one of these guys looked up and stared at me for a good minute. This one seemed to be in charge. He just stood there waiting to see if I was going to enter his territory. Then he …
More beach time!
This little boy spent 30 minutes straight running back and forth through that puddle, first with all his clothes on, then, little by little, shedding the layers until he was blissfully naked. Gives new meaning to the phrase, “No worries.”
on the road to simplicity 