It
had been our intention to stay an exta night in Oxnard but having looked at our
app “Sail Flow” we saw that the winds were going to be whipping up on Thursday
so we decided to leave on Wednesday at 05:00 AM. If any of you know me then you
are well aware that I am not a morning girl! Not only that, we are pulling off
a dock and I can’t see a thing in front of us… Tripp was calm and relaxed. Oh
me of little faith… I should trust my Navy, sea-going, ship driving man of 32
years! Just after 0600 the sun started to peak above the horizon and I was able
to chill and enjoy what was in front of us. Seas were calm and although it was
a bit bumpy to start it remained smooth. Santa Barbara was 29.3 NM and it took
us 3 ½ hours. |
| Art Walk |
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| View of Santa Barbara |
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| Mountains meet the sea |
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| The Pier |
We
were assigned a slip in the harbor and squeezed ourselves in with barely an
inch to spare. Santa Barbara is a beautiful city where the Santa Ynez mountains
come down to meet the sea, spectacular! They call this area the American
Riviera and we could well understand why.
There
is so much to see and do in Santa Barbara and we tried to fit it all in. State St was on our to-do list so we headed their
our first afternoon. We ended up at a wine tasting bar on the pier, relaxing
and taking in the view.
Mission Santa Barbara, known as
"the Queen of the Missions," was founded in 1786. The Chumash Indians
helped to build the mission and were an integral part of the history. The architecture
and the grounds are beautiful, and the museum/tour are interesting and
educational. This is a "must see."
The County Courthouse
is located downtown. The Spanish Colonial Revival style building was designed by William Mooser and
completed in 1929. Architect Charles Willard Moore called it the
"grandest Spanish Colonial Revival structure ever built," and the
prime example of Santa Barbara's adoption of Spanish Colonial as its civic
style. Gorgeous!
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| Santa Barbara Courthouse |
Our friend Mardele arrived on Friday and we headed off to The Hitching
Post, of Sideways fame, for a fabulous dinner of prime rib steak and a bottle,
or two, of Pinot Noir. Saturday found us sampling wines at several vineyards
and a couple of our favorites were 'Roblar' and 'Fess Parker'. Thankfully we had
hired a driver so could partake without the worry and so we did!
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| Another good winery |
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| Daniel Boone - Fess Parker |
Engine issues seem to haunt us and our port engine died when we moved slips. Thankfully, Tripp is a whiz at replacing the first stage filter and had it swapped out in no time. He spent another day installing a new seawater pump on the generator. I fear our boat issues are never ending.
Anyways, I can’t say enough good things about Santa Barbara and the fun things that we were able to enjoy… the Urban Wine Trail, the trolley tour and so much more! We will have to come back at some time.
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