Camping in Paradise

 We went camping over the weekend in Santa Barbara County, at Paradise Campground, where Violet went with Colleen and Rigo about 18 months ago. It was the first time Stace and I had been to this lovely spot less than two hours from home.

We were blessed with an amazing sunset on our drive there.

Here's our camping crew on Saturday, on a walk to the nearby Santa Ynez River.

Cora had theater responsibilities and couldn't join us.

Our tents... we ended up sharing one, because it was cold.

From our site, we could look across this field to Colleen and Rigo's trailer and Paul's tent.

We played frisbee (see it in the air?) and other simple games.

I got to catch up on some newspapers.

Wildflowers!

The river was too full to walk through it to the trail on the other side, unlike Violet's last time here, when it was practically nonexistant. 

Nearer our campground was this sweet little stream.

We had campfire fun, playing word games and roasting dessert. 

It was a lovely little getaway in a gorgeous setting, with perfect weather! Can't ask for anything more.