Sunny Santa Barbara

Sorry, blog fans (we do have some fans, right?) we are having a hard time getting into the rhythm of daily blogging. For one, we squabble gently over who gets to use the computer and by the time we decide who gets to do the writing it's too late...For two, we have been having too much fun in the sun to park it and type! Surely you've seen the insane SoCal wildfires...it has been just a teeny bit smoky here but has made for incredible sunsets. There are huge helicopters and planes flying overhead constantly dropping water on the smoldering hills. Thankfully the fam down here is safe and sound.

For a couple moldy Humboldt hippies, the weather has been too good to be true. Today we took Keta to the beach and swam in the ocean and got out and were plenty warm...we get to use Shannon and Meredith's Vespas (with a strict "you break it, you buy it" clause) and it has been fun croozing town, watching the palm trees go by. Jason's dad John and Pat were here this weekend, and we had a Fondue B-day party for Pat, an abrupt deviation from the strict grain-fruit-veggie diet we had been on while on the road. Damn that was some good cheez!!! Meredith made the bomb blueberry pie and we enjoyed each other's company. John passed out the book Mount Whitney in preparation for the family summit planned for August. We should probably get to climbin' some hills!

We are off to get some susi then head to see the new James Bond flick. I promise, our adventures will get more exciting when we get on the road again. Until then, it's surf and sun for us....