Category Archives: trips

3. Strawberry Beach Forever

Morning by the beach… funk zone… citinerary fun in downtown! Farmers market in the afternoon… dinner at Zaytoon… yum 🙂

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2. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Zoo tickest gone… day switch in the itinerary… playful Santa Barbara Botanic Garden… Boathouse at Hendry’s Beach not… Belated UCSB visit… Labyrinth… back to Santa Barbara… Shelfish Company… albacore over rice… aMAZE-ing 🙂

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1. Santa Barbara: Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day in Santa Barbara… Arts & Crafts Show… Public Market… Empty Bowls… Lokum… yum 🙂 Back to East Beach in the afternoon… lovely Chromatic Gate… sweet day!

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0. SF Bay Area – Santa Barbara

Left at 11-ish… late lunch or early early dinner around 5PM from El Pastorcito… tacos & burritos… lengua… yum! East Beach stroll… to Stearns Wharf… let the vacation begin!

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ITINERARY: Santa Barbara 2021

Yucatan – California… 0-1… Santa Barbara here we come! 2021.06.SantaBarbara tentative itinerary: [6.19]Sat: Bay Area to Santa Barbara Villa Elegante: Santa Catalina, East Beach, Taqueria El Pastorcito? [6.20]Sun: Santa Barbara Arts & Crafts Show: 10:00AM-6:00PM Hidden Gem in Santa Barbara … Continue reading

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CITINERARY: Sea Ranch

Summer ending in fires… many fires… sunset on the go… starry cool night… Blue Sky Saturday tunnel hike… turkeys in the forest… blue ocean views… calm meadow time Meadow hike… beautiful ocean views… clean air… uphill surprise… airstrip history Blackberries… … Continue reading

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ITINERARY: Sea Ranch

0. [9/4]Fri: Bay Area to Sea Ranch – BLUE SKY Hoping for no fires & no traffic… 1. [9/5]Sat: Hiking Day – If it’s Thursday, I’m probably hiking. GEOLOGIC TRIPS: San Andreas Interpretative Trail . pdf San Andreas Fault Interpretive … Continue reading

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PLANT ITINERARIES: West Tahoe

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4. TAHOE2020: Heavenly Bliss

From the trip wishlist… and a wonderful white winter memory… a relaxing Ed Z’Berg Sugar Pine Point State Park day… heavenly bliss! Hard to put an end to a lovely day by the lake of so many shades of blue… … Continue reading

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3. TAHOE.2020: High Five Lakes

Steep trek up… not too long… not too hot… not too crowded… just beautiful lakes and meadows… sunny with a chance of thunders… to give us the time to discover all the five likes. Happy descent… to Incline Village… farmers … Continue reading

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