Santa Barbara

We forgot to include Mark and Ellen’s photograph in the previous blog. Since we are traveling together for two weeks, we want you to know them.

The Presidio at Santa Barbara was the last and largest Spanish military outpost in Alta California.

We wandered through the buildings seeing exhibits of local Chumash pottery and Spanish goods such as this leather saddle bag.

We learned that the Mayan word kakaw and the Aztec word cacahuatl form the delicious word chocolate. A special exhibit on the old Japanese community provided a different perspective of this diverse town.

This wagon stands outside of one of the original buildings that housed an officer’s family.

We returned to the Santa Barbara Courthouse so Jerry could enter through the Lawyer’s doorway and visit the law library. Over the doorway are the words Reason Is the Life of the Law, a serious thought for all of us.

This time for lunch we took Guy Fieri’s (Diners, Drive-ins & Dives) recommendation and had a British meal in a Spanish town.

Mac’s fish and chips are delicious and disappeared before they could be photographed.