November 16th 2009  North America » United States » California » Santa Barbara
(Editors Note: We are home and finalizing the Blog) Saturday had multiple possibilities, but the one we settled on was to head up and check out Solvang. Since we had been told by the Ranger Stati ... [full story]

November 14th 2009  North America » United States » California » Santa Barbara
Day 5: We spent the night with Grandma Carole and Jenny. It was really nice to see them and get caught up on what happening in everyone’s lives. As far as our travel there is not a ton to sa ... [full story]

October 16th 2009  North America » United States » California » Santa Barbara
The drive down to Santa Barbara was a better one being that the sun finally started to come out and I realised why we have air con in the car!! Getting to the hostel was great, my first glimpse of wh ... [full story]

July 14th 2009  North America » United States » California » Santa Barbara
Kids had their 1st day of summer camp: computers, kick ball then swimming in the morning. Afternoon of kayaking, surfing and boggie boarding. We didn’t have much food to send, only a sandwich an ... [full story]

July 13th 2009  North America » United States » California » Santa Barbara » Solvang
hoi mitenand... am sunntig simmer vo hollywood richtig santa barbara gfahre.. ufem wäg no bi malibu verbi.. santa barbara isch meega herzig.. nöd z vergliche mit santa monica... viel chliner und he ... 17 photos [full story]

July 13th 2009  North America » United States » California » Santa Barbara
What a long day. We left at 6am for Santa Clarita to work the farmer’s market. We’d baked so many cookies only to find out when we arrived in S.C. that we were not yet approved to sell the ... [full story]

June 16th 2009  North America » United States » California » Santa Barbara
By popular request (who would have thought so many people would be interested in the mechanications - is that a word?! - of my lovely car), I must tell you more about Betty Boy. He's a 2004 Honda CR-V ... [full story]

June 10th 2009  North America » United States » California » Santa Barbara
This the first entry and the success by trial basis. Just starting to figure it out. I put a map on here somewhere that shows where I've been. Tell me if you found it so that I know did it right. ... 1 photos [full story]

May 21st 2009  North America » United States » California » Santa Barbara » Solvang
We finished off the breakfast bars for breakfast and packed our bags to move on for the 2nd last time. We drove the short distance down to take a closer look at Morro Rock. It was an overcast (foggy?) ... [full story]

May 11th 2009  North America » United States » California » Santa Barbara
Hi, So I've survived Mexico! Having spent a couple of nights in Meixco city we got the bus down to Acapulco. We found a cheap hostel and a nice posh hotel nearby that we snuck into in the day to lo ... 21 photos [full story]