Not exactly what we planned, but a good time in Southern CA.

Between Suzanne’s broken ankle and the weather in the Sierra Nevada Mountains we’ve made a lot of changes to our itinerary this year.  For the most part, it’s been toned down with a minimum of nature and hiking venues.  However, we’ve had opportunities to spend time “living” in a number of interesting places.  Since we left Arizona in late February, we’ve stayed in Escondido, Temecula, and Santa Barbara with a pit stop in Paso Robles.  Although they all have outrageous traffic, they each have a funky CA vibe of their own.  We’ve seen the local interest points, walked many of the parks, tasted wine, caught some music, and explored cool places.  Plus, the wine region surrounding Santa Barbara, including Cachuma Lake, is awesome.  Next up for us is the north end of the Central Valley near Monterey followed by Lodi and Lake Tahoe.

Given our lack of glamorous experiences, we haven’t had much material to post since our National Park visits in September.  Our next post will likely be from Great Basin National Park in late April.

Our latest additions are the March Santa Barbara Wine Tasting Wrapup We added a new National Park Ratings chart under “other stuff”

Our latest travel plans can be found on the Schedule page.  

The National Park visit summaries from last Fall are posted in Posts.

 wlb updated 13 Mar 25