http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , California , Santa Barbara en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:37:30 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:37:30 +0000 I finally backed out of my driveway at 1057 am on Saturday December 26 2009. Earlier in the morning I had breakfast with a good friend of mine loaded up the car washed the dishes and made arrangements for my trash and rent payments.As soon as I got on the road a stream of ideas started flooding my exhilarated brain. Here are a few of them... I realized why I like to travel. You see traveli http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-462952.html Day 5We spent the night with Grandma Carole and Jenny. It was really nice to see them and get caught up on what happening in everyonersquos lives. As far as our travel there is not a ton to say here. We got up early and had a delicious breakfast at Big Johns in Frazier Park then headed west. We stopped at the RangerFire station to ask about road closures only to find that the major portion http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-453014.html 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 what I had always thought of as California with palm trees and a proper beach The hostel was only 2 blocks away so on arriving we went for a walk around the area. The beach was full of birds the u http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-446247.html Beautiful and charming place http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/Solvang/blog-438373.html Santa Barbara.... home of State Street most pleasant street ever Sambos best breakfast ever Sandbar where bad things happen to good people and Q's most precious barmanSo we set off to Santa Barbara on our first Greyhound bus seriouslyit was an experience. I've travelled on crazy buses in Mexico and Guatemala and have honestly never been in a confined space with such a collection of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-426366.html 220709 Wednesday Day 342On arriving here we went to the tourist office to check out our accommodation options again. Your one behind the counter was really pushing this place that was miles away from the beach where we wanted to stay. We ended up staying in Days Inn motel which was only about 2 blocks from the beach. It also turned out cheaper than your one at the tourist office said. It was mi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-423740.html Gosh a week has passed since my last blog. This was to be our grandkids vacation week but just before we were to leave on Sunday Dale was told that he would not get any vacation time as there is no other nurse to replace him. Wersquod already canceled Alaska when his job was iffy at best so flexibility became the key here. We decided to just come to the Santa Barbara area try a beach first the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/Solvang/blog-421818.html Kids had their 1st day of summer camp computers kick ball then swimming in the morning. Afternoon of kayaking surfing and boggie boarding. We didnrsquot have much food to send only a sandwich and water so they were starving after it was over. We went to Trader Joersquos and bought a ton of food for snacks and lunches for the rest of the week. By 830pm they were all asleep. Easy week for u http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-418361.html hoi mitenand...am sunntig simmer vo hollywood richtig santa barbara gfahre.. ufem wg no bi malibu verbi.. santa barbara isch meega herzig.. nd z vergliche mit santa monica... viel chliner und heimeliger... ganz viel herzigi ldeli hts ka wo so chli retro sache ka hend... vo chleider ber mbel und ssch ggstnd.. me het am obet mega schn chli chne durs stdtli laufe... ganz und gar si well http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/Solvang/blog-418067.html What a long day. We left at 6am for Santa Clarita to work the farmerrsquos market. Wersquod baked so many cookies only to find out when we arrived in S.C. that we were not yet approved to sell them. Seems that Nate forgot to tell me that he didnrsquot get all of the info into the market manager.People actually came and asked for the cookies one guy was specifically told by his daughter to p http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-418043.html Hey da ich meinen Blog privat gemacht habe man auf ihn also nur als angemeldeter TravelBlog user mit einer Einladung von mir zugreifen kann habe ich einen Dummy user erzeugt. Mit diesem koennen alle die meinen Blog lesen wollen auf ihn zugreifen. Schickt mir einfach eine Mail Nachricht und ich sende euch die LoginDaten.Wenn ihr euch angemeldet habt klickt ihr auf 'Private Invites' und dort d http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-415529.html 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 CRV. Apparently one of the safest most reliable cars on the road. A yummy mummy car. Although I am not a mummy. I haven't a clue about size or horsepower. It struggles slightly up hills but that's proba http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-408955.html 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. Also there's a map that maps out my trip when I get on it at Aug 24th 09. Yeah scared and excited. I just keep thinking Who does this I keep my head up and say no many.Focus I stopped f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-407323.html 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 morning and there was a chill in the wind again. We took a few photos from the roadside then ventured down to the waterside to get a better view.To our surprise a sea lion emerged from the water ju http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/Solvang/blog-401568.html HiSo 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 lounge by the pool. So we spent the week on the beach and by the pool as there was not much else to do in the area and then got the bus back up to Mexico city to fly out from. By this point i was and i nev http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-398136.html Day 116 Time to jump in the car and head up Route 1 towards Santa Barbara for our next stop off. We made the most of the Rules fridge for the last time and packed up a big fat picnic for the journey. The drive was really nice as most of it ran parallel to the shoreline. We stopped for our picnic in Malibu and admired some of the beach houses before getting back on the road.We arrived at the Bitten http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-385854.html Malibu est pleine de grosses villas de millionnaires et lrsquoaccs la plage est quasi impossible cause des terrains privs qui sont interdits de traverser. Une association a toutefois russit faire changer les choses et maintenant quelques accs sont publiques. Moi qui tais fan drsquoAlerte Malibu jrsquoai t plutt du de ne pas avoir vu Pamela Anderson courir sur la plage.En c http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-384715.html My first stop when I got out of the desert was Wilderness Lakes Resort in Menifee California. Beverleyrsquos corporate office is close to the resort and she was flying in to attend meetings and spend a couple of days with me. One of the lady friends I had made this past winter used to be a tour guide in Santa Barbara invited us to meet her so she could show us around which was something that http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-384111.html We make a few bad decisions trying to avoid Los Angeles but get within striking distance of the East Coast. We end up in Taft a small town that boasts a correctional facility some oil fields and a Dominos Pizza. We arrive exhausted after a seven hour drive and crash in a motel awoken early the next day buy locals shouting excitedly about the snow. It snows about once every ten years in Taft. The http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/Solvang/blog-375672.html Solvang is this little community up in Santa Barbara .. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/Solvang/blog-367588.html