We had a great visit with Ryan & Whitney in Santa Barbara, they seem to have settled in and are enjoying their new positions at the University. This is a picture of Ryan, Whitney and Murphy standing at the edge of a cliff overlooking the Pacific (too much fog to see the water) at the Douglas Family Preserve Doggy Park.

We ate at some really great restaurants and sampled some nice wines. We started the Sideways (which was filmed in Santa Barbara County) tour but didn't get very far. We were newbies and started out each getting our own tasting of 11 wines. I knew I couldn't do very many at that rate so Whit suggested we share the tastings. After about the third my stomach was sour and I was getting heartburn. Next time we will know better what to do. We stopped in Solvang which is a great little Dutch town to stroll and visit the vintage motorcycle museum. (See Harley Chronicles for more info)

We look forward to our next visit with Ryan, Whitney and Murphy. Santa Barbara seems like a wonderful place to live, work and play.

Miss you guys!!