6.30.08 Santa Barbara

Hello all from the road! I am doing a very detailed travel journal here (mostly for jess and I to look back on and remember our trip) so I hope I do not bore you. We have a 3 ring binder that we have kept all of our important things in for the trip (maps, confirmations of hotels/campsites, things to do, camp recipes, polaroids (yes, jess is taking polaroid pictures on an original polaroid camera), and loose leaf notebook paper). On the loose leaf paper we have been penning all of our adventures. I capture all the details, and jess writes the short and sweet of it. So, now that you know the procedure of our travel journaling, here goes:

6.30.08 Lane writes:

*Hit the Road! Headed out about noon after cleaning the house. Don't want to come home to a dirty house!
*Went to In-n-Out burger. Yummy! It might be awhile.
*Got to our first leg of the journey, Santa Barbara, really quick! about 2 hrs.
*Went to 2 wineries. We really liked Santa Barbara Winery.
*Walked the pier. Saw lots of kite surfers.
*Saw a Sea Lion!!! We chased him around. My number one goal since living on the ocean is to see as much marine life in their natural habitat as possible. So this was awesome.
*Went to trader joes to get groceries and ice.
*Headed north about 20 miles to set up camp at Refugio Beach. Very easy.
*Threw the frisbee on the beach. Jess had to wade in the icky lagoon to fetch the frisbee. Jess went to the camp restrooms, came right back out and ralphed everywhere. we won't go there. (let's just say really disgusting).
*Made yummy dinner. Jalopeno poppers and a delicious potato and onion dish.
*Drank a bottle of wine we got earlier in the day at the winery. the wine was called ? (seriously ?)
*stayed up late, listened to tunes, passed out.

Jess writes:
It took us 3 days to pack and two minutes to leave
L.A. behind us
We saw beaches we had never seen
Drank wine we had never tasted
Threw the bee under the sunset
Fell asleep to the sound of the Pacific Ocean
Crashing into the Refugio Beach.


Leaving Santa Monica!

Our camp site at the beach.

One of the bottles we got at the winery.

Wine tasting!

Kite Surfers. so many!

Hi little Sea lion!