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When we left our River Point Landing Campsite this morning we were not quite sure where we would get a site for tonight, but we did know that we were driving towards Lake Tahoe.

We do have two nights confirmed at the Lake for Sunday and Monday night, it seems to be a busy spot, I wonder why, is it a beautiful spot to stay?…

Just in case we made sure we dumped our sewer and filled our motorhome with water. We may be sleeping on the road tonight.

Even with a slower start to the morning we were still out of the gate by 8.30 am and driving on Hwy 5 North, towards South Lake Tahoe.

We passed vineyards, cattle farms, vegetable crops and through the busy capital of California, Sacramento.

Sacramento, I think this may have been one of our stops on our last trip to Lake Tahoe, the day we spent on the Greyhound bus to Squaw Valley, our dream USA ski holiday. Except, I was recovering from a severe dose of the flu, the snow was so heavy we almost got snowed in and our dream ski holiday was, unfortunately, a bit of a fizz.

Yes, the last time we were in the Lake Tahoe area it was mid-winter, this time we are at the beginning of summer, the weather is wonderful and the scenery is gorgeous.

We drove up, up and up the Sierra Nevada Mountains, through the Eldorado National Forest, past tiny ski towns, huts and resorts, following the South Fork American River and climbing to an elevation of 7000 feet. There was even still a little bit of snow on top of the distant mountains.

Soon we were passing the Lake Tahoe Airport and then into South Lake Tahoe.

The first campground we tried for a site, The Campground by the Lake, was completely full with not even a tent spot free.

Not a problem, we were in luck, a site was free at the Tahoe Valley Campground.

Once we had parked the motorhome and set up camp, we were out on our bikes ready to explore South Lake Tahoe.

We had a wonderful ride along the Forest and Lake, stopping at Camp Richardson Marina, Baldwin Beach and riding past Pope Beach. Summer Lake Tahoe is STUNNING!

Back to the campsite for a freshen up and then out to dinner and a delicious meal at the Lake House Restaurant, just across the road from the campsite.

Who would have thought such a lovely restaurant would have been so close to our RV Park. I am glad we all showered and changed into our ‘fancy’ camping clothes and out of our comfy camping clothes…

A slight bump in the evening when Noah fell off his bike while having fun riding around the park. A few scratches to the knee, band-aids, hugs and attempts at trying to make him laugh. A little bit sore tonight, hopefully, he will feel better in the morning.

I am very glad we made the decision to make the drive back to summer Lake Tahoe and what a perfect start to our few days stay. Looking forward to what adventures the next days will bring.

Busy Sacramento

Highways and Cattle Farms

Small Ski Towns

Highways and Veggie Farms

Driving up the mountains

Beautiful Rivers and Noah

Snow capped mountains in the distance

Picture perfect Wessy

South Lake Tahoe

He is riding from L.A to Chicago

Driving into Lake Tahoe

Camp Richardson Marina

Setting up for the day

Enjoying the Lake and Sun

Nonno in Lake Tahoe

Wessy in Lake Tahoe

Beautiful Lake Tahoe

Our Gorgeous Boys

Our campsite tonight

Riding to Dinner

Tahoe Valley Campground

The Lake House Restaurant

Biking Browns

Riding through the Forest

We woke up this morning not quite sure in which direction to go next. We have four days before we travel to Hawaii, decisions, decisions.

Last night our generous camping neighbours had provided us with all their leftovers. They have finished their road trip and will be returning back to Ohio. It felt like food Christmas. No grocery shopping for a while, yippee.

Overnight they had also cleared out anything else they did not need, all left on their lonely picnic table. Pete’s eyes were popping, he was on the camping scavenger scab…

All pack up and departing the campsite by 8.15 am.

A short stop at Groveland for internet access, forward camp planning and some fun in the playground for the boys.

On the road again, out of the Stanislaus National Park and down the mountains onto California 120 West.

The countryside was full of dry cattle farms and at times, fruit trees.

Through the small towns of Oakdale and Escalon and past corn fields and vegetable farms.

Just before lunchtime, we reached our planned destination, French Camp RV Park. On arrival, the campsite did not have a great feel or outlook.

With a little more research and some new google directions we back on the road and to our new destination, River Point Landing Marina & Resort in Stockton. Apparently with one of the highest crime rates in the USA.

The location was very pretty on the lake and very hot. We spent the remainder of the afternoon inside the motor home, the boys on Minecraft, the adults on their computers.

By 5 pm we were all starting to get a bit peckish. Plus, we needed to get Noah a new pair of shoes after a croc was lost somewhere on today’s road trip.

An Uber down to the local Sherwood Mall, new shoes for both Noah and Wes and then a nice casual dinner at Romano’s Macaroni Grill Italian Restaurant.

Back in an Uber to our motorhome which was still there, with all four wheels. We might keep the doors locked extra tight tonight.

Passing beautiful Lakes

Back down the mountains

Passing Small Towns

Our Camp Spot

Waiting for an Uber

Sunsets and Sweeties

Dinner, run out of conversations

Road Tripping

River Point Landing RV Park

What? Traffic Congestion

Dry Farmland

And off into the sunset

Water Skiing on the Lake

Up early in anticipation to explore Yosemite National Park today.

A quick load of washing and some laps around the campsite on our bikes for Wes and myself. Wes is in love with his bike too.

We were all ready and at the camp bus stop for our 8.47 am pick up by the Yarts Shuttle to Yosemite. The road is too winding and the parking too limited for the motorhome. Plus, it gives Pete a break from driving.

Don’t be late for this bus, we almost missed it. The first public bus I have ever witnessed departing early.

The drive to Yosemite National Park was very scenic through the beautiful mountains, waterfalls, and rivers.

We even managed to spot a Brown Bear. It felt good to see it from the safety of the bus and not while trekking the tracks.

Soon we arrived at the Visitors Centre where we were guided to the most appropriate trails for us. A short break at the café for something to eat… this could be a long day.

We walked the easy 1.7 km, Lower Yosemite Fall loop, which gave us spectacular views of the Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls (North America’s tallest waterfall).

Then we saw a couple of young women cooling off in the river with limited clothing on. It looked like they had been hiking or rock climbing, clearly, they were hot.

As the girls were wet, some of their clothing was see-through. Noah had a female bottom in full view. He was slightly embarrassed at first but mentioned it quite a bit throughout the day AND wanted me to include it in the blog…

Next, onto the Cook’s Meadow Loop, 1.6 km with stunning views of Half Dome, Glacier Point, and the Royal Arches.

By now we ‘thought’ we were blitzing the easy trails, maybe we should tackle something a little harder? Onto the park shuttle and off at stop 16, Vernal & Nevada Falls.

We will only go to Vernal Falls as you need 5-6 hours to get to Nevada Falls. Not enough water on us and I didn’t want to miss the 4 pm bus back to Yosemite Lakes.

The trail to Vernal Falls is a 3.9 km round-trip, however, it is all up, up up, with a 366m elevation gain and a steep granite stairway of over 600 steps towards the top.

Although the trek was challenging, it was completely worthwhile, with beautiful views down to the valley and the Vernal Waterfall. Spectacular.

Noah and Wes walked like trekking professionals.

On our way down, we passed a group of people taking photos of a rattlesnake on the path. I nearly knocked a lady over trying to get the boys and myself past safely. Pete joined the group for a photo…

Come down Pete, we don’t want to see you on any ‘last photo taken before they died’ posts.

Soon we were back down the trail and on the shuttle bus to the Visitors Centre. A stop at the store to get a few frozen meals for dinner. No gourmet cooking tonight, we are all shattered.

Back on the Yarts Bus to our campsite. Pete had to wake us, we had all nodded off.

A wonderful day trekking the trails of stunning Yosemite National Park. It is a beautiful spot and deserves its accolades. The Browns will all sleep well tonight.

Yarts Bus

Waiting to Board

There’s a Bear in There…

Driving to Yosemite National Park

Yosemite Village Post Office

Upper Yosemite Fall

Browns do Yosemite National Park

A little rest…

Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls

Crossing Log Bridges

Just a few people…

Walking the easy trails

Beautiful Rivers and Mountains

Smile

More easy trails

Cook’s Meadow Loop

Kayakers

Vernal Fall Footbridge

Rapids

Vernal Fall

Nearly at the top

View from the Top

Vernal and Nevada Falls Trail

We made it to the bottom!

Rattlesnake

A cold, late start to the morning with a 9.30 am departure. I was just waiting for somebody to get up before me so that they could turn the heating on and I would not have to get out of my warm, warm covers.

A late start did not leave much time, or anytime to explore the Skyline Wilderness Park. I did get a photo at the park gate.

As it is not really child-friendly, or appropriate to hit the wineries with the boys, it was time to leave Napa Valley and drove onto Yosemite.

Although we did not spend a lot of time in Napa, it was a lovely drive through the beautiful green vineyards and rolling (dry) hills.

Our journey today took us out past the Jelly Belly Factory and then through flat, dry cattle farmlands and wind farms.

Through the town of Rio Vista, across the Sacramento River, passing miles and miles of vegetable farms and fruit trees.

Onto and through the tiny town of Terminous, where we hit wheat, corn, cattle and even chicken farms, as well as more fruit trees.

More farms, this time nut trees out of Farmington and then another small-town, Copperopolis, turning towards Yosemite at their main street, Main Street.

We had a short stop at the Lake Tulloch IGA for a stock of bread and water (is this jail?), passed Lake Tulloch and then we were getting closer to our destination as we joined the Northern Yosemite Hwy.

Passed the small forest towns of Chinese Camp and Moccasin, climbing the Sierra Nevada Mountains and an elevation of 2000 feet.

A quick stop for gas and lunch in our motorhome at Big Oak Flat and then through the gorgeous little mountain town of Groveland.

We were climbing higher and higher into the stunning mountain countryside where we reached another tiny town, Buck Meadows, elevation 3000 feet, population 50.

Finally, we reached our destination and campsite for tonight Yosemite Lakes RV Resort & Campground.

It is a beautiful park set amongst the mountains and Pinetrees with the South Fork Tuolumne River running through.

We have electricity, water, sewer and even a laundry, but no internet and no restaurant. Agh, another couple of nights off the ‘Kay’ grid.

Noah and Wes are happy campers as Wes is joining Noah in his bike riding expeditions around the campsite. Wes is now riding his bike completely unassisted, super proud of him.

Photo from the RV Park Gate

Bye Sky Wilderness Park…

Leaving Napa Valley

Wind Farms

Sacramento River

Delta Farmers Market

Crossing Bridges and Farms

Fruit Trees

Dry Farmland

This house had a huge water slide

Crossing more bridges

Lake Tulloch

Up the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Groveland

Driving to Yosemite Lakes

Relaxing…

Beautiful Scenery

Is it cold?

Fun in the River

Practising Together

Our Campsite

Biker Buddies

Biker Wes

Yesterday, when the Ranger was a little surprised that we had not stayed in a National or State Park in the last month and a half, I was a little bit surprised as to why we hadn’t too.

Until this morning. Then it all flashed back:

• no electricity
• no phone charge
• no computer charge
• no TV channels
• limited water usage
• generator off between 8 pm – 10 am
• no shops or restaurants

I am what you call a motorhome camping, kind of person.

I am not an off the grid kind of person.

There where not many reasons to get up early, and it was cold.

The good news and a great reason to get up is that Dan and Helen Hunt, gorgeous friends from Oz/US, had returned from a trip a day early, which means we get to see them today before they fly out to Australia tomorrow.

The motorhome was all packed up we were on the road by the not so early time of 10.30 am.

A nice drive to Los Ranchitos where we met up with Dan and Helen at the local Starbucks and spent a lovely few hours with them.

Time to give their ears a rest and let them continue with their travel preparations.

A quick stop at Safeway to pick up food supplies and then onto the US 101 North and California 37 towards Napa, our destination for tonight.

There was an accident on the Hwy so google sent us on a lovely scenic route through Sonoma, passing sheep farms (the first we have seen), vineyards and wineries.

The scenery reminded us of driving through the Perth Hills and Swan Valley, even including more Gum Trees.

Soon we arrived at tonight’s campsite, Skyline Wilderness Park. An early night in with leftovers for dinner. Hopefully, we will get up early tomorrow to explore our surrounds, we were all too tired to bother tonight.

Leaving the Redwood Forest

Beautiful Friends

Horse Country

Weird Children

Gorgeous drive to Los Ranchitos

Cute Farms amongst the hills

A little bit like home

Vineyards

Sonoma Valley

Wine Country, need to stop…

Driving to Napa

Skyline Wilderness Park

Cute Wineries

We need to explore tomorrow

Today we have decided to leave the City of San Francisco and explore some of the surrounding areas.

Leaving the concrete slab we have called our San Francisco pad, we drove out through the city and over the Golden Gate Bridge, it was lovely and busy.

Next, a stop at Sausalito, a city in Marin County, across the Golden Gate Strait from San Francisco. Another of the spots I did not get to experience in March due to being stuck in bed.

It was a beautiful day, so we decided to park the motorhome and use the bikes to explore.

We rode along the boardwalk and marina, watching the ferry come and go. Up the hilly road towards the Golden Gate Bridge, until we realised the road was a little bit too hilly and dangerous to ride with the boys (Noah was riding alone) and then along the cycle path to the houseboats nestled on the bay.

A quick bite to eat alongside the houseboats and then back into the motorhome to plan where we should stop tonight.

As we had still not visited any Redwood Forests we decided to try our luck at one of the State Forests. And we were in luck, we got a spot for the night at the Samuel P. Taylor State Forests.

Bikes out again and we spent the next couple of hours riding the Redwood bike tracks, following the rivers and through the beautiful Redwood canopies.

Noah was amazing, completing all the rides today on his own bike, awesome peddle power.

Time for a cooked dinner in the motorhome and an after-dinner fire with marshmallows.

A wonderful day spent enjoying the sunny summer outdoors.

Our San Francisco Pad

Golden Gate, this way

Driving the Golden Gate Bridge

Sausalito

Getting our bikes ready…

Boats, boats, boats

A view to San Francisco City

Riding the Sausalito Streets

Sausalito Marina

Houseboats

A little rest

The tide is out, not high

Samuel P Taylor State Park

Back to nature, can I cope?

Riding the Redwood Forest

Waterholes

Crossing Bridges

Beautiful Streams to follow

Campfire

Our Campsite

Biking Noah

Today we are going back to where the Brown Family Road Trip began for Pete, Noah & Wes, three and a half months ago, San Francisco.

On the road, Hwy 1 by 7.40 am. Well ahead of Pete’s 8.00 am ETD.

It is another cold, cloudy and today, wet day. Noah and I were going to bike/run this morning, however, it was too easy to roll over and snuggle back under the covers.

It is also Father’s Day in the USA. Luckily the kids and I had a couple of gifts we had been collecting for Pete’s Birthday in July, perfect for an impromptu present.

Leaving Moss Landing we passed more berry farms, more fog, and rain.

We drove on Hwy 1 until Santa Cruz and then onto Hwy 17 North, through the beautiful pine trees and Santa Cruz mountains, towards Santa Jose. Unfortunately, we could not see a lot of these beautiful mountains due to the fog.

The foggy, wet, winding road also cause a few accidents along the way…

A quick stop at Walmart on Hwy 85 South. Probably not the closest, however, at least my limited navigation skills got us there.

Back onto Hwy 85 North and Hwy 101 North, towards San Francisco and our campsite tonight, Candlestick RV Park, on the outskirts of the city.

Today is also the day we are going to catch up with our gorgeous cousins Shelley and Jodie. Our arranged meeting time, 1 pm.

As soon as we arrived at the site we set the van up and wasted no time jumping into an Uber to central San Francisco to start exploring.

When we were here in March my sightseeing was limited as I was sick and spent most of my time in our 70’s motel room and bed. When I did get out it was not very enjoyable fighting the flu in the freezing cold.

I was looking forward to seeing San Francisco with a healthy, happy disposition.

Our first stop Lombard Street, a steep one block street with eight hairpin turns. It was full of tourist, but nice to see.

Then a quick sandwich on the go to satisfy our hunger.

Onto an electric bus and through Chinatown, one of the oldest and most established Chinatown in the U.S. and then a stop in downtown San Francisco.

As Noah’s watch band had broken we tried a couple of stores to find a replacement with no luck.

It was now almost time to meet Jodie and Shelley. Into an Uber and onto Golden Gate Park.

It was wonderful to see them, and we spent the afternoon catching up in the sun and eating ice-cream with patient Jodie splitting her time between the two needy, family starved adults and entertaining the boys in the playground.

Soon it was late afternoon and it was time to move on. A walk through the Haight-Ashbury Neighbourhood with its historic hippie, vintage vibe and then an Uber back to Shelly and Jodie’s neighbourhood, Noe Valley and their local Greek Restaurant, Novy.

A beautiful meal and another beautiful after dinner walk through the hilly streets, passing the Mission Dolores Park with stunning city views and then onto a funky food market, for the girls to grab train supplies to enjoy on their journey to Los Angeles tomorrow.

The day went too quickly, and it was time to say our goodbyes to our gorgeous cousins, Shelley and Jodie. Luckily, we will get to see Shelley again for a couple of days in Hawaii where she will be subjected to more of the Geraldton Brown relatives…

San Francisco, it has been truly wonderful to catch up with our beautiful family and to enjoy your city with a healthy body.

However. It really is an uneasy mix of perfect painted row houses with perfect windows and perfect gardens and perfect rubbish bins. The perfect outside…

Mixed with the poor, mentally ill, drug affected and homeless. An Uber driver told us 20,000 homeless…

Something just does not sit right.

Wet Drive

Accidents

Wes’s favourite car

Lombard Street

Pretty Houses

Welcome to San Francisco

Don’t miss the stop

Dudes

Chinatown

Our Electronic Bus ride

Hanging at the Park

Downtown SF

Dinner, Novy

Haight – Ashbury Hood

Picture Perfect

Walking the SF streets

Mission Dolores Park

Beautiful City View

Waiting outside the market

Do we look pretty?

Chewing Jodie’s ear…

Nonno

Houses all in a row

Back seat bogans

Steep Streets

We are falling…

Wes is in love with Jodie

I forgot to look up, Shelley’s Pic

Santa Cruz Mountains?

As we are staying an extra day here in Moss Landing we all got a little sleep in, which was lovely.

Plus, it was very cold this morning and very nice to snuggle back into the covers.

The morning was spent with school work, washing and bits and bobs.

After a light lunch in the motorhome, we got out our bikes and went to explore Moss Landing.

The sun was shining and the weather a little warmer, a perfect day for riding.

Wes had fun being attached to Pete and his electric bike, whizzing past us. Noah absolutely loved being able to ride his own bike and I enjoyed feeling the wind breezing past (and not having to pull Wes with all his cycling breaks).

We rode out to the beach for a little bit more whale watching which was wonderful. Lots of boats and people enjoying the beautiful sunny, although brisk day.

Next, through the little Moss Landing township, past the vegetable fields and past the farm workers cooking their grill for lunch.

Then, onto the beachside track where Noah loved speeding through the sand.

Noah had so much fun he convinced us to do the lap again, it WAS lots of fun.

Back through the township towards the opposite end of town until the road became too busy and dangerous with the fast cars and no sidewalks, it was time to turn around.

A quick stop at the local veggie market to stock ourselves with fresh fruit and then back to the campsite to relax.

A chilly pre-dinner walk (and ride for Noah) to the beach to spot more Whales. They were everywhere and only about 50 meters off the shore. Absolutely beautiful.

Our second Otter spotting and photo (yesterday was our first but we missed the photo).

And, a lovely dinner at a contemporary Mexican Restaurant across from the campsite.

Moss Landing has been chilly, brisk, cold and at times wonderfully sunny. However, seeing the beautiful Whales right from the beach, spotting Otters, riding our bikes, viewing Seals, eating delicious meals and just enjoying our time as a family has made the stop completely worthwhile.

If only it was a little warmer…

Brown Boys Riding

Spotto Whale?

Moss Landing Marina

Look Whales, out there…

Our Noah

Lots of boats…

Moss Landing Township

Old Post Office

Sweet Houses

We are in Moss Landing

Moss Landing Beach Afternoon

My Boys

Whales

Whales Very Close…

And More Whales

Cycling Noah

Our first Otter pic

Wessy

Otter Spotting

Beautiful Plants

Ready for Dinner

Noah and his love, his bike

Ready for our ride

Morning Whale spotting

The sun is out!

We knew we had a long drive today, therefore, we were up early and on the road by 7.30 am.

Many fellow travellers, plus our own research, had told us that the coastal road from Los Angeles to San Francisco was stunning. Unfortunately, some of this road is closed until August. We won’t get to see Big Sur, supposedly one of the most scenic coastal drives in the world. We will have to spend a lot of our time today on Highway US 101.

The beginning of our journey was coastal and very foggy, even if we were able to drive the ocean road we may not have been able to see the coast.

From the coast, we drove through the misty mountain and pretty valley farms and ranches.

A voice beams from our navigation device, Miss USA “continue on 101 North for 330 km”, we have a long drive ahead.

The scenery today was unbelievably varied: coasts, mountains, vineyards, wineries, farms, ranches and miles of vegetable fields. I think the crops were a variety of lettuces (but what would I know). The fried artichoke is popular in these parts, maybe they were artichokes and I am sure I saw strawberries…

A lot of the crops were being harvested, it was nice watching the farming action.

We passed through more Santa’s (feminine form of Saint or Holy), Santa Maria, Santa  Margarita and more San’s (masculine form of Saint or Holy), San Luis, San Miguel, San Ardo…

And, we also passed the many markers of the El Camino Real (The Royal Road), the 600-mile road connecting the 21 Spanish missions in California, along with a number of sub-missions, four presidios and three pueblos. The Royal Road extends from San Diego to just above San Francisco Bay.

A short break at the small town of San Miguel to stretch our legs, take photos of the historic San Miguel Arcangel Mission founded in 1797, some essential food supplies (dunny paper) and lunch. We even spotted a gum tree, it felt just like home. Except that San Miguel really felt like we had been transported back into Mexico.

Back on Highway 101 and Miss USA tells us “continue on 101 north for 150 km”, still a distance to travel.

The countryside was now a mix of very dry mountains, vineyards and vegetable fields.

We even passed an oil field which was different and very interesting to see.

A quick stop for gas at Soledad.

Next, onto Monterey, a gorgeous coastal town where the mini-series, ‘Big Little Lies’ was filmed. It stars some more of my favourites, Nicole Kidman and Reece Witherspoon.

We parked the motorhome and walked Fishermans Wharf. I was being stubborn and determined to use our pennies for the parking meter. This only gave us one hour which limited our sightseeing options.

The weather today is cold and cold, mixed with a little bit of cloud, fog and cold. However, there were still people trying to surf the wharf ripple, in hooded steamers. Hopefully, we will return when the weather is a bit warmer, after we have caught up with Shelley and Jodie in San Francisco.

Back into the motorhome and through the town of Pacific Grove, a gorgeous, gorgeous spot and then along the coast with a small stop to take photos and take in the beautiful rugged scenery.

On the road again and we took the famous 17-Mile Scenic Drive in Pebble Beach to Carmel-by-the-Sea. Unfortunately, our motorhome was not Carmel-by-the-sea friendly, and Pete had been driving for hours. We continued through the town and on to our destination for tonight, Moss Landing KOA Express.

A settle into our campsite and then a walk over the bridge to the beach and a delicious seafood restaurant, Phil’s Fish Market.

A quick walk to view the ocean after dinner and lucky we did because we saw whales breaching right from the beach, it was amazing.

Wow, a long driving day (Pete was at his driving best) but boy did we see some scenery. California, the state with unbelievable changing beauty.

Our Wessy

Wow, a gum tree

Phil’s Fish Market

Kay’s Dinner, yum!

Highway US101

Bit cold and rough for swimming

Moss Landing Beach

Monterey Coast

Monterey Beach

Carmel-by-the-Sea

The beginning of today’s roadtrip

Our Coach Captain

Gorgeous Coastal Towns

El Camino Real

Vineyards

Oil Field right along the road

San Miguel Town

Fisherman’s Wharf

Mission San Miguel Arcangel

Oil Field in the distance

Driving the mountains

Mum, it’s cold

Pete’s Dinner, huge!

Rugged Coastline

Natural Gas Plant, overlooking the campsite

Whale Watching

Vegetable Fields

Fishing Boat

Moss Landing

Foggy Morning

Moss Landing KOA Express

Coast to Monterey

Our RV Park here in Santa Barbara backs onto a busy freeway (US101), nothing like a bit of all night traffic ambience.

I miss my Malibu waves…

Also, the weather has turned chilly, I miss my Malibu sun…

Noah and Wes spent the morning painting outside, riding their bikes and making little friends. Wes is very pleased that he is now riding on his own, no training wheels.

Oops, a slight accident, Wes is in tears, Noah has run over him…

A light lunch in our motorhome.

After lunch, we had a lovely ride along the East Beach cycleway, watched more surfers enjoying the waves and walked Stearns Wharf.

Pete loved zipping up the hills on his electric bike. Wes and I suffered from leg power.

An uber to a local Thai restaurant for dinner, delicious and a very nice walk home to the motorhome park when I discovered the restaurant was only a mile from the campsite.

No soap opera scandals on this trip to Santa Barbara.

Restaurants at Stearns Wharf

Before the tears

Bike Riding

Ready for our bike ride

Stearns Wharf

Sunrise RV Park

Santa Barbara

Watching the Surf

Surfs Up

Waiting for our Uber

Our walk home

East Beach