Santa Barbara and Surrounding Areas

Anacapa Island

Now back in Santa Barbara a couple days before the wedding, Steve and I had some tasks to perform while everyone else was getting stuff ready. The main goal was to return the Sprinter Van to Bandago, back down in Hollywood.  In the morning, after a couple hours sleep on Jimmy and Lindsey’s floor, we pulled ourselves together enough to make some coffee.

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Wayback Wednesday #2

Exploring Moab

Wayback in the spring of 2009, Paul and I took a trip out to Moab, Utah to join Ben and Amanda on some desert adventures. The trip out to Utah from Colorado Springs was a very grueling drive, which caused us to make an emergency nap-stop in Fruta, Colorado on the top of a dinosaur mountain.  Once crossing into Utah the next morning, we were greeted by the “Eagles on Highway” sign, which Ben had first hand experience with the previous night by almost running over one in the dead of night. Continue reading “Wayback Wednesday #2”