This is a "motor inn" across the street from my building. A lot of tours stay there.
Semana Santa is a beautiful, dramatic dichotomy of solemnity and celebration that captures Spain's passion and essence. It's Holy Week with foil balloons.
Every Wednesday night during daylight savings time, you'll find upwards of 200 sailboats heading out onto Monterey bay for the Wednesday Night Beer Can Races. There no winner, just lots of fun, fast boats, and smiles all around.
This beautiful public garden sits in the Santa Ynez mountains above the Santa Barbara Mission. A tour of the grounds includes the dam and irrigation system that was built in the early 1800's to support the mission.
Fishing off Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara, California. Taken on the morning of the Summer Solstice, 2008.
Santa Cruz claims to be the real Surf City, what with Jack O'neill, the inventor of the wet suit living there, and the Duke first surfing there, but Huntington Beach outsmarted them by copyrighting the name Surf City USA. Read the following article by Rut
Sunrise in the Santa Barbara Channel.
Slips in the harbor in Santa Barbara, California are at a premium -- people either inherit them, buy a boat that already has a slip, or wait years for an opening to come up.
East De La Guerra Street in Santa Barbara, California.
West Beach is "the other" beach in Santa Barbara. It's where people launch their sail boats and wind surfing equipment.