Thursday, April 04, 2024

Summerland Getaway, Part 1

We took advantage of the girls' week off school and went up to Santa Barbara County for a couple of nights. 
We drove up Wednesday, picking Stace up from work on our way. 

In this photo, we're enjoying our dinner at a beach park. We apparently struggle to take selfies, but we have fun.
 
We stayed in a very cool two-bedroom basement apartment in Summerland, a tiny town between Carpinteria and Santa Barbara. This was the view from the yard! Yes, that's the ocean beyond the trees. Being ocean-view also meant being freeway-close, and we could hear it, but a large fountain outside our unit helped. We'd definitely stay here again! The lady who lives in the main house even has three cats, so we felt right at home.


Our first day in town had the best weather, and we spent some time at the beach in the evening. We could walk to the beach from our rental! 

Here, Cora and Stace are playing a game they created, that involved trying to hit a larger rock with smaller rocks.
Cora's collection of sea glass - you can tell it's Cora, because of the many hair bands around her wrist. She wears hair bands like bracelets.
Violet's sea glass
The beautiful California coastline
We left the beach to go south to Carp to get dinner, Thai food and Thai tea, and then took it back to the beach park.
Violet ordered a "young coconut juice" and didn't expect to get a coconut with a straw! It was not yummy like coconut milk. Oh well, cool experience.

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