Below a view of Santa Barbara beach and pool facility; got there on Sunday, place was packed w/people from LA area.
Below is the view from the football/track stadium at Santa Barbara City College; nice way to watch a game!
Saw some good friends here. Below the Flatterys; Judy showed us her favorite places and Dave cooked us a great dinner. Great to see them again; nice to meet their beautiful daughters.
Also saw Salli, Irwin Eve and their children, Sam and Noah. We go way back with them too; don't get to see them often enough. Below Salli and Irwin dining with us at the Biltmore-Four Seasons overlooking the ocean. I loved it when the two waiters delivered the salads at precisely the same time with precisely the same arm movements like some sychronized swimmers. Beautiful place, great night.
Santa Barbara has some great wineries, so natually we did some tasting, including that of the late Fess Parker.
We ended up tasting more than we realized, purchased a bit more than we had planned; so far the hit of the trip has been a Koehler '06 Syrah, very smooth!
Like Hilton Head, Santa Barbara has great specimen trees; I just couldn't get enough of them. Below are a couple:
Marlene and Judy Flattery in front of a 150 year old Austrailian fig.
The above is called a Coral Tree; it looks like red flowers on tree limbs w/no leaves; against a blue sky very striking.
Above called the Dragon Tree.
On the campus of Santa Barbara City College.
I think this is a form of a cypress tree; at a garden we went to.
Not really a tree, but so much bougainvillea everywhere, and brilliant. Big bush above.
Below is the view from the football/track stadium at Santa Barbara City College; nice way to watch a game!
Saw some good friends here. Below the Flatterys; Judy showed us her favorite places and Dave cooked us a great dinner. Great to see them again; nice to meet their beautiful daughters.
Also saw Salli, Irwin Eve and their children, Sam and Noah. We go way back with them too; don't get to see them often enough. Below Salli and Irwin dining with us at the Biltmore-Four Seasons overlooking the ocean. I loved it when the two waiters delivered the salads at precisely the same time with precisely the same arm movements like some sychronized swimmers. Beautiful place, great night.
Santa Barbara has some great wineries, so natually we did some tasting, including that of the late Fess Parker.
We ended up tasting more than we realized, purchased a bit more than we had planned; so far the hit of the trip has been a Koehler '06 Syrah, very smooth!
Like Hilton Head, Santa Barbara has great specimen trees; I just couldn't get enough of them. Below are a couple:
Marlene and Judy Flattery in front of a 150 year old Austrailian fig.
The above is called a Coral Tree; it looks like red flowers on tree limbs w/no leaves; against a blue sky very striking.
Above called the Dragon Tree.
On the campus of Santa Barbara City College.
I think this is a form of a cypress tree; at a garden we went to.
Not really a tree, but so much bougainvillea everywhere, and brilliant. Big bush above.Went to a garden called Lotus Land. 23 gardens originally developed by a charismatic actress named Madam Ganna Walska, who, after having six husbands, decided to leave this legacy of natural beauty. Among other rare plants, they have a Ginko Biloba tree, the oldest species of tree in the world (species goes back 250 million years); tree is so resistant to disease and other attacks that one within one mile of the center of the Hiroshima nuclear blast still survives to this day.
A row of aloe at Lotus Land.
An arbor of lemons at Lotus Land.
A canopy of Olive trees at Lotus Land.
Marlene found this little gem (above) at Lotus Land; find room for it in the rv.
A row of aloe at Lotus Land.
An arbor of lemons at Lotus Land.
A canopy of Olive trees at Lotus Land.
Marlene found this little gem (above) at Lotus Land; find room for it in the rv.Also went to the Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens, a county owned garden w/native Californian plants.
Above is a flowering yucca plant.
Flowers above, wildflowers below; like I said, everything was blooming.
For more of our photos of Lotus Land/SB Botanical Garden go to:
Above is a flowering yucca plant.
Flowers above, wildflowers below; like I said, everything was blooming.
For more of our photos of Lotus Land/SB Botanical Garden go to:
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