#194 Santa Barbara and the Pacific Hwy
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A few months ago I read one of my favorite blogs, and Erin and Ben's travels up the California coast to Santa Barbara. Knowing we'd be headed to CA this fall, I've been slightly dreaming of experiencing her quint essential California vacation, experiencing the smells, sounds, and sights she did, because she romanticizes them in such a way that you feel compelled to do the same.
Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate, and Stephen has been in a slight haze since the beginning of our trip. We've been living on a lack of sleep for a few days now, trying to get up early to catch flights or whale watching tours.
Nonetheless, we had a great time. The rainy day feeding our sleepy feeling, and forcing us up the coast to Santa Barbara.
We found the end of the Muholland Hwy, which we kept hitting Muholland Drive, but none of the roads were quite what Stephen expected to find. It's an infamous road, and the Drive portion never really delivered. But the Hwy, oh it did not disappoint.
We stopped at a Starbucks on the way in this funky little shopping center. I was hoping for some good shopping in there, but unfortunately it wasn't anything more than real estate businesses, a grocery store, and the glorious Starbucks. I've had a serious Starbucks addiction this trip.
We finally arrived in Santa Barbara. We really hoped to be able to see some of the locations of Psych--but that didn't work out as most of that is actually filmed in Canada. Bummer.
But we visited a VERY large fig tree.
And then we ventured to the pier that is kind of a central spot in town. This pier is so large, you drive on it, and can shop on it, and eat there, and even go to an aquarium. It's huge.
The foggy, dreary, rainy day gave me all the feels of a hardened fisherman on a dewy morning. I kept seeing guys fishing, and they all looked like this to me...
After fully exploring and driving around Santa Barbara, we began heading back to LA. So much for using that beautiful drop top we have on the Camero today. Pretty sure we had on the heat!
Instead of seeing The Living Room group, because we got back into town so late, we headed into downtown LA to find the Ice Cream Lab. We had to walk through little Korea which was super fun. We turned in our Groupons for our icecream, and got to see the magic happen.
Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate, and Stephen has been in a slight haze since the beginning of our trip. We've been living on a lack of sleep for a few days now, trying to get up early to catch flights or whale watching tours.
Nonetheless, we had a great time. The rainy day feeding our sleepy feeling, and forcing us up the coast to Santa Barbara.
We found the end of the Muholland Hwy, which we kept hitting Muholland Drive, but none of the roads were quite what Stephen expected to find. It's an infamous road, and the Drive portion never really delivered. But the Hwy, oh it did not disappoint.
We stopped at a Starbucks on the way in this funky little shopping center. I was hoping for some good shopping in there, but unfortunately it wasn't anything more than real estate businesses, a grocery store, and the glorious Starbucks. I've had a serious Starbucks addiction this trip.
We finally arrived in Santa Barbara. We really hoped to be able to see some of the locations of Psych--but that didn't work out as most of that is actually filmed in Canada. Bummer.
But we visited a VERY large fig tree.
And then we ventured to the pier that is kind of a central spot in town. This pier is so large, you drive on it, and can shop on it, and eat there, and even go to an aquarium. It's huge.
The foggy, dreary, rainy day gave me all the feels of a hardened fisherman on a dewy morning. I kept seeing guys fishing, and they all looked like this to me...
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Instead of seeing The Living Room group, because we got back into town so late, we headed into downtown LA to find the Ice Cream Lab. We had to walk through little Korea which was super fun. We turned in our Groupons for our icecream, and got to see the magic happen.
We headed back to our room, and ended up beginning to doze off. So I finished my Pizza Rev leftovers as I watched Dawson's Creek.
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