Return to Bree'osh, Montecito

There didn't seem to be any stoplights in Montecito...

The main road is a bitch to cross...

Lunch @ Rincon Brewery, Carpinteria

There were three breweries in Carp...

During the course of our stay, we managed to do two of them...

Sea Cliff + coastal overlook in Carpinteria

It's the return of the Carpinteria road trip posts...We haven't even gotten to that point yet, but bear with me as I painfully eke out these posts...

After our short stop at Beacon Coffee Co. in Ventura,

As much as we enjoyed our trip to Ventura the previous year, we needed to move on....

Beacon Coffee Co., Ventura

Morning on the 101...

heading west on a weekend getaway..

10 Speed Coffee, Calabasas

We'd never been to Calabasas before...

TC knows it as the "substitute swear word" my late Ninang Edith used to say...

Summer Road Trip - En route to Carpinteria

Finally...the start of our Carpinteria posts...

(strip mall with Starbucks and El Toro taco shop at the Red Hill Exit, Tustin)

which happened in late June but am just posting about now...

Confusion Hill

Our Northern California trip continues...

As we made our way up the Avenue of the Giants, we passed through the small town of Piercy...

which is noted for a rather famous tourist trap, much like the Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz...