Santa Barbara Memorial Day Weekend - Sunday and Monday

Sunday was a bit overcast and we all needed a rest from the busy day before. We took a stroll around SB and down to the beach were there was an art/craft festival along the boardwalk.











These rocks contain a squirrel colony. They were squirrels everywhere in this area. Click on this pic for a larger view.




A group pic I took. A few people from the group had left town already to head back East.


Here are my last pics from downtown SB on Monday before heading back to San Diego.

Santa Barbara Memorial Day Weekend - Saturday - Beach

To continue the non-stop Saturday fun, we went to the beach when we got back from Solvang. Santa Barbara is a it colder than San Diego, so the beach is not exactly sun-tanning central most of the time.















Our friend who lives in SB brought his kite to the beach and all the guys gave it a try. It wasn't your average kite, it was a lot harder to control in the wind.












A cool bus on the beach with a VW bus mounted on top...gotta love Cali!




Later that night we went to our friend's Melting Pot and had a great dinner. I was too busy chatting and eating to take pics at the restaurant...my bad.

Santa Barbara Memorial Day Weekend - Saturday - Solvang

After wine tasting we stopped at a town called Solvang on the way back to SB. Solvang is some sort of town started by immigrants from Denmark (I think it's Denmark anyway.) It was a funky little town that reminds me of Epcot Conter. We ended up getting pizza there, oh the irony.



















Some 1:3 scale replica of a tower in Europe.

Santa Barbara Memorial Day Weekend - Saturday Wine Tasting

On Saturday, we went to the Santa Maria Valley to go wine tasting at a few vineyards. We drove through some of the hills that were scorched by a recent wildfire and down a road from the movie Sideways. I have never been to a vineyard before, so it was really interesting. The countryside is so beautiful.

The first one we went to: Rancho Sisquoc








Foxen




Zaca Mesa




















The last vineyard we went to: Beckmen Vineyard