Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Santa Barbara

On our road trip in California the other week we stopped in Santa Barbara and I have to say, we fell in love with the seaside town!


When arrived late in the afternoon and as we freshened up before going out to dinner, the sun was setting over Santa Barbara, beautiful! The picture above was taken from our hotel room balcony!

The beach front is long and beautiful with a sandy beach that is long and leading up to the pier


As you can see from the photo above, there is a walk and rideway for people to enjoy at the back of the beach and a loverly green stretch of grass between that and the road


The picture above is front the beach looking back over to our hotel, on the right side of the picture, with the mountains in the far background. A beautiful place! Simply gorgeous!


On the pier you will find restaurants and gift shops which are very neat!


And in true American style, you can drive down the pier to the end to park and save your legs from walking! This I thought was a bit over the top! My thoughts would be to ban vehicles from using the pier, except for deliveries and emergency access and keep the pier a pedestrian only access.

But with that said, if you ever find yourself headed towards Santa Barbara, make sure that you stop by and visit! You will be so happy you did!

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