SoCal: Day 3, The Rest

We had planned the trip originally intending to meet up in Santa Barbara and check out some wineries, but the area was so interesting we decided to forgo the driving and check out what it had to offer. We walked out to the Pier and trekked out the end of it. It was a very wide pier with parking and a few restaurants, with fishing at the tip.

We headed back to the mainland and started to walk down the coast on the bike road. There was a cool little local skating park and we stopped to check it out. It was fun watching the local kids on skates and BMX bikes all enjoying the park. We tried to figure out protocol and etiquette because there was so much action yet no one was getting into anyone’s way and there were no collisions. It was very wild to see. We saw a few really good guys doing some cool tricks and catching nice air. After about 20 minutes we walked down the length of the bike path and then doubled back, stopping at the skate park again while deciding what we wanted to do next.

We opted to hit a wine-tasting room, and checked out Kunin Wines. Jeff met and spoke with the wine maker, asking a bunch of questions and learning what the wine maker knew. I sat back and absorbed as much as I could while enjoying his wine.

After the tasting we headed back to the room to figure out what to do for dinner. We walked along the strip to find something local. We settled on the Fishouse, a local bar and restaurant, which was good because we could watch the Ducks/Sharks game. Our waitress Corey was absolutely adorable and chatted with us a bit about the local area and the restaurant. We had a great bottle of wine and I had the macadamia-crusted sea bass with rice and snap peas. It was delicious.

After dinner we walked out and hung out the pier for a while and shot the breeze. It was a very relaxing and laid back evening, which was good after all of the running around of the last few days.