Weekend Together

 What did Mom and Dad get up to while the girls were away? On their first full day, it was cars, cars and more cars.

We took a lovely walk Saturday morning through the canyon to breakfast at Granary Square. On our walk back home, we passed the senior-living home, and an antique car show was taking place.

 Stace enjoyed checking out the offerings, and he and the owner of this 1920s Model A had a nice conversation.

 Later, we went into L.A. to make our long-awaited return to the Petersen Automotive Museum.

We started the afternoon with a bit of luck - right outside the museum's $15 parking structure, we found street parking with a meter with loads of time left. For a quarter, we parked for the rest of the afternoon! (This kind of makes up for the $32 I spent at the short-term lot at Burbank airport the day before...)

Great Scott! It's the actual DeLorean used in filming Back to the Future!

Stace checked out this gorgeous 1964 Porsche 901, which was later to become the iconic 911 when Peugeot objected to the maker using a "0" as the middle digit.

After returning to SClarita, we went to the Newhall Press Room, a newish wine bar/restaurant on Main Street, which has become a happening place to be. Lots of new spots for a beverage and a meal, and cute shops, too.

We had drinks and dessert, and my dad joined us. He and my mom are firmly in Fright Fest season, so my dad has a lot of free time when Mom is witching it up every weekend.

On Sunday, we went up to Montecito for the night. We stayed at the adorable Coast Village Inn, where we had such a great stay a year ago for our anniversary.

We checked in, got settled, and went to dinner at Los Agaves, which has become a favorite of ours. Then we wandered up and down State Street, though since it was a Sunday night, it was relatively quiet.

We enjoyed a simple (but complimentary!) breakfast the next day, and took a walk down Montecito's main drag.

Then, just because it was gorgeous and we had an hour before checkout, I took my coffee to the pool to relax in the sun on a cozy lounge chair.

We then checked out and got out our bikes.

The hotel is perfectly located to ride down to the beach on the bike path.Such a perfect day!

We had lunch at the wharf, listening to the Dodger game.

Then we rode further north to watch the surfers at the point, still listening when Cody Bellinger hit a home run to put the Dodgers ahead. They were playing the Rockies in an extra regular season game, to determine which team won the the division. Both finished the year Sunday with the exact same record.

Well, the Dodgers won Monday, and move into the playoffs in a good position.

We then rode back to our car and headed north to Goleta, to Moss Motors, so that Stace could buy MG things without having to pay shipping.

Then we went back to State Street for ramen - we'd walked past this place the night before and it sounded yummy. After a McConnell's ice cream, we hit the road.

Such a lovely time away! And strange to come home to no girls! But we had talked to them both and knew they were having a great time.