Day 1
Jessica and I were invited to Liz & Neko's wedding in Santa Barbara, CA this weekend. We left Tampa on Friday evening around 5pm. We had a lay over in Atlanta, then flew to LAX.
We rented a Nissan Sentra from Hertz (could've gotten a Corvette!) and drove to Ventura Beach Marriott. It was around mid night (3am EST), and we were both tired, but the view of the city from the mountain was pretty cool.
Day 2
Jessica and I woke up at 9am after a long night. We got some smoothies to hold us off in the morning.
Around 11am we took a 30 min drive south and had lunch at Malibu Seafood. It was quite nice; a small diner across the street from the Pacific Ocean. We shared a tuna burger and some fried scallops.
After lunch we drove up Corral Canyon Road to the top of the mountain. The view was spectacular. We could see the mountains, the beaches, and the Channel Islands. We also saw a couple of deer along the way.
We made a quick stop along the side of the road for some sight viewing. There was another young couple there. They took a picture for us.
There was a bunch of road signs saying not to continue farther if the condition was red. Jessica was a bit worried because we did't know what the condition was. Finally when the paved road ended and turned into dirt road, we turned around. We didn't want to risk driving our rental car on the curvy mountain dirt road.
On the way down, we started riding the brake, so we switched over to the low gear (automatic). Something we didn't really have to do in the flat Florida.
After the mountain we drove by Point Dume State Beach. But there were no available parking. We drove around the neighborhood and went to Zuma Beach. We saw some people with a bunch of dogs in the water.
We headed back to Ventura and watched a little bit of college football. At 5pm, we drove up to Santa Barbara and had dinner with my cousin Jack at the Endless Summer Bar-Cafe. The food was pretty good. We had halibut tacos and salmon tacos.
After dinner Jack drove us to downtown Santa Barbara and we walked down State Street. It was really nice. There were a lot of shops and a lot of people out and about. All of the stores had a boutique look and feel. It was a pleasant walk.
At 9pm we headed back to our hotel.
Day 3
Jessica and I drove to Santa Barbara in the morning. We had booked a Segway tour. It turned out that we were the only people for this time slot. So we got a private tour with the tour guide Bill.
It took us a few minutes riding around in the parking lot to get used to the Segway. But after that it was really easy and a lot of fun. We got to see many parts of Santa Barbara: out of the way architectural buildings, State Street, parks, and the court house. We finished the tour with a ride along the beach.
After the tour we drove back to Ventura and hadlunch at Baja Fresh. Then we changed and headed back to Santa Barbara for the wedding.
The wedding was in Montecito Country Club. The alter was behind this window that over looked the golf course and out into the ocean. It was a traditional wedding. Nathan and Dmitriy, our friends from college, were in the wedding party.
At the reception there was a live orchestra instead of a DJ. Everything was really well done. Liz and Neko looked really good together.
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