Home again, unpacked and cleaned up, it's time for a little post road trip reflection.Santa Barbara is a nice city. Fresh air, great mountains and good people. The eatery options are pretty darn good too. But, I think we've done the riding down there that we can and now we're looking for new roads to ride. Maybe a trip to Paso Robles next time (see below).
So after our epic hangover ride day we did a little 40 mile spin up to UCSB (or is it UC Goleta) and up into the foothills. It was good weather and a nice route for a recovery ride. When we were done the map didn't show any significant bike friendly roads left to ride.
Our last two meals were great! For dinner we drove the wet rainy roads up into the mountains to an old stage coach stop turned .
Cold Spring Tavern. The food was hearty, flavorful, 'mountain' food. We highly recommend checking it out if you're in the neighborhood. Before we started our long drive home, we had breakfast at the Tupelo Junction Cafe. The pumpkin waffels were killer!
We squeezed in one last ride on the way home and it was incredible. We stopped in Paso Robles and headed out on a ride our guide book called the Peachy Canyon loop. Amazing quiet roads, oak lined canyons and small family vineyards lined the entire route. It was a great way to end a fun weekend.Next weekend...Snelling.
5 comments:
i like to live vicariously through you two.
not that i don't love my kids, but i love all the trips you do.
and i'm not sure i ever realized merkeley was so tall! or alicat, are you short?
Lucky dawgs!
Looks like fun!
L: Mike is tall. I'm not short!! Or at least I don't think I am. Maybe his orthodics are thicker than mine:)
We (Mike) has a kid. But with joint custody, we find time to sneak away. This summer, we're taking her on a bike trip too! How old are your kids? Ours (his) is 9.
our older one is 9. the younger one is 7.
a bike trip will be fun for her! she must like to ride. that's so cool!
morgan and our 9 year old are talking about doing a tandem road/camp trip over in marin for 3 or 4 days this summer.
our 7 year old just isn't quite into it yet.
Lauren saying "Morgan and [her]9 year old" threw me off for a sec...
I love the way you two travel! It's great to hear about & completely inspiring in case I ever get a chance to get out and about for a weekend. Don't tell, but I'm hoping to get Mr. Man to Mendocino for a weekend in May...
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