Friday, June 12- Santa Barbara
Morning started out slow as we were going to have dinner at
the Fishouse. We packed a lunch and
headed out. We were 1 3/4 hrs away from
Santa Barbara but we wanted to ride the coast and enjoy the scenery. It has been a little tough as we haven’t had
cell service or strong internet in the last 2 campgrounds. This just showed us how much we rely on our
electronics. So many times I have wanted
to research something and couldn’t. So
we called the restaurant to see if we needed to make reservations only to find
out that the place was booked for the whole weekend!!! So we all decided that we would do lunch
instead and eat our sandwiches for dinner.
We got caught in traffic and finally made it to the restaurant after 3
hours. The wait was worth it. The food was delicious. We had a calamari appetizer that was cooked to
perfection. Amy had a shrimp stir fry,
Jeff had tuna, Mike had a fried seafood platter and I had sole. Each one of us enjoyed our dinner. After lunch we decided to walk to Stearns Wharf which was across the street. Nice walk. After the walk Mike and I took off to go and find the Moreton Bay Fig Tree. It was less than ½ mile away. I knew that the tree was big but what impressed me was the roots. Pictures do not do it justice. The tree was planted in 1876 and is believed to be the biggest tree in the country. It is over 80’ high, 198’wide and the trunk in 12.5’ in diameter. We then met up with Jeff and Amy and started our trip home luckily it was clear sailing. We made a fire and just talked about our day and the plans for the next day. This was a good day. Never did eat our sandwiches.
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| Stearns Wharf |
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| New way to earn money |
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| Sailboat at the wharf |
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| Jeff and Amy getting a electronic fix |
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| Flags actually spell out Harbor Restaurant |
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| Moreton Fig Tree |
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| Check out the roots |
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| This is a real tree of some sort |
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