Peterson’s Yard
My mom is 92 years old today; she is still a bundle of joy, happy as a lark! You go, Mom!
Sunshine! Highs in the low 70s predicted! Bike riding weather, for sure. Penny and I took an hour or so to make our way to the Santa Barbara County Pier which juts .25 mile into the Pacific. It is a fishing pier and also seemingly a hangout for all kinds of gulls and pigeons.
Gawking more than biking, we covered about 8 miles on our bikes.
After lunch, we headed downtown via the truck to fuel up for our jump tomorrow and to visit Stearn’s Wharf, a big attraction in Santa Barbara. It is so big it has a parking lot, restaurants, candy stores, ice cream parlors, an Aquarium, to name but a few. The beach front park is extensive with many volleyball courts, lots of walking/riding trails, grass and palm trees, and fun.
A perfectly lovely day in the sunshine! We both thoroughly enjoyed our stay here. But, tomorrow we say good bye to the seashore for the first time in months to head inland and east to visit friends, Barb and Barb, in Apple Valley. It’s high desert there (3200′), so we expect cold temps. Like a good Boy Scout, I wanted to be prepared, so we stopped to purchase a small electric heater. We burn our own propane for heat currently, but we could use the camp electricity when camping with electrical hookups.
Returning home, we enjoyed black eyed pea with ham hock stew. It was delicious! Good night!