Kyle's Kitchen, Goleta + a sunset at the Douglas Family Preserve

After sufficient time for relaxing, we pondered our dinner choices...

I saw a place that looked promising but it was in nearby Goleta...

Scenes from State Street, Santa Barbara

A few snapshots from our little stroll along State Street in Santa Barbara...

We would end up going to this Museum the very next day...

Rori's Artisanal Creamery @ the Santa Barbara Public Market

I was worried about not finding parking in Santa Barbara but we managed to score a spot in a lot off State Street.

Our first stop was the nearby Santa  Barbara Public Market...

Lookout Park, Summerland

It was back to the highway...

after enjoying a snack at The Spot and hanging out briefly at Carpinteria State Beach...

The Spot + Carpinteria State Beach

From Camarillo to Carpinteria...

to a place I had bookmarked but hadn't planned on going to until later in our trip.  We meant to go to the beach but balked when we found out the beach parking fee was $10. The nice lady at the booth told us we could exit the lot and park along Linden Street for free...

Rolling Pin Donuts

Ironically, they served Rolling Pin donuts at Element Coffee where we just had our caffeine fix...

However, since we were here in Camarillo, and given the choice, I would rather have donuts at the source, so here we were...

Element Coffee, Camarillo

We were making good time...

Clock above shows the time we left. We arrived an hour earlier and took a little break here since we were no rush to get to Santa Barbara just yet which is why we stopped by this place. You can't miss it since there is a giant giraffe in front.

for some decent non-Starbucks coffee...

Summer Road Trip 2016 - Tustin + Santa Monica

Finally,  back to the summer road trip posts...

when we left in the dead of the morning to beat the traffic and make it on time for THH's opening...

after our normal pee stop at the Starbucks off the Red Hill exit in Tustin...

We were not in a particular hurry...

Summer Road Trip 2016 - Day 1 Highlights

In the dead of night...

we departed good ole SD and headed up for our Summer Vacation with a few planned stops along the way..