We set off toward the Hearst Castle area with an intermediate stop at Sheryl’s Uncle and Aunt in San Louis Obispo, had a nice visit. Photo of JoAnn was blurred, sorry.
Today we first went to The Old Mission in Santa Barbara. It went back into the 1700’s and showed its Spanish influence. They had a self guide tour, which led you nicely thru the rounds. The church was long little width and dark. A nice place to visit.
We then went to the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden. Last year this gorge burned. There was heavy damage to the area but it is being rebuilt.
We walked the trail down to the creek, many nice wild flowers blooming. At the bottom we had to cross the creek on a rock bridge. We ran into a couple who were born in Scotland but moved here and became citizens a long time ago. They have taken a number of interesting trips. The strangest one was a frieghter around the world. Did I say the guy was a shipbuilder? This may explain this trip. They do every couple years a Alaska trip, train to Seattle then a ferry north.
We stopped in Lompoc for a noon lunch, hard to find a place, but turned into El Toro Bronco a Mexican restaurant. Shirleen had her traditional Cheese Enchilada with a mild tomato sauce. The menu had many items and I spied the word Carnitas, that’s what I had for the meat in Winslow AZ, La Posada Hotel and its partner café, The Turquoise Room Restaurant. The roasting of that pork was delicious so I ordered a Carnitas Burro. When they set it down in front of me, no sauce on it and I wondered what to do. It turned out the flavor was again a nicely roasted piece of pork inside and so flavorful that I didn’t need sauce.
We followed along the outer highways close as we could to the ocean. We found a motel Oceanside and decided to stay with the roar of the ocean out the window.
We took a second floor room with a view of that crashing surf against a lone rock on the shore. The motel had a restaurant adjacent so we decided to eat there. Shirleen had a Cavalier cut rib eye steak with Me a Calamari Piccata what a nice piece of sea life.
Reminded me of the one I had two years ago when in Long Beach with Tom T., the fish was placed upon a bed of rice pilaf with broccoli and cauliflower. Jerry
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