Day 35

After a not very restful sleep, for me, we got up early so we could enjoy more of the daylight hours. Headed for Carpentria to stop at the Harbor Seal Sanctuary. We saw a one or two day old pup lying on the beach, mom must have been out fishing and the other seals were either sunning themselves or out fishing. It was neat to see.

Found a Starbucks for Tim's coffee and my wifi. Headed to Santa Barbara. Rented bikes so we could see more in a shorter period of time. We peddled along the beach to the wharf where we toured around and then had a delicious fish lunch. I had Maui Maui and Tim had fish sticks, he also enjoyed my clam chowder soup, of which I tasted a spoonful and it tasted great. Too bad I cannot have milk. After lunch we biked some more and then headed up State street to check out the shopping. Our favorite store was Restoration Hardware where we saw chairs and a desk made using airplane aluminum. Tim thought they were super cool. They had other nice stuff there too.

That afternoon was a Farmers Market so we were fortunate enough to be there and we bought some strawberries, yum, and some pichacios, choco walnuts, and sundried olives. The flowers, especially the orchids were beautiful but since we had no place to enjoy them I simply took in their beauty and carried on. We returned our bikes and headed up hwy 154 to Rancho Oso. It seemed like we would never get there as the first road we turned off was curvy and then the next road we turned onto was narrower and curvier and seemed like there was no end. But alas we made it and it opened up to a very beautiful campground in the valley with a river on the one side. They had horseback riding (which we didn't do) but if we had it would have been wonderful to see the country side by horseback or if we had a motorcycle it would have been fun to bike around the curvy roads.

It was so quiet and peaceful with the moon shining in through the skylight. God is so good and his creation is so beautiful that there really is not the words to describe it. We are greatful that we are having the pleasure to take it all in.