I'm not sure I've seen a more lovely area than Santa Barbara. The mountains glow pink at night, the northern Channel Islands are visible during the day, the winds are steady at 15 knots, the sun is shining, the aroma from the SB Yacht Club galley is wonderful....
We are visiting with Matthew, now a senior at UCSB and a Communication major, and enjoying the time immensely. The immediate plan is to have no plan (!). Likely (if we feel like it) we'll depart on Monday (Sept. 8th) for the Channel Islands which include Santa Cruz, Anacapa, Santa Rosa, and San Miguel (a sea lion rookery), as well as the more well known Santa Catalina Island (about 75nm South of Santa Cruz island). Our trip into Southern California waters was mostly uneventful, for which we are grateful. We did have a hitchhiker - a little Plover who landed his/her weary body on our boat and rode along with us for 10 minutes. At last glance we saw him/her fly away toward shore (2+ miles away). We believe this is an endangered species, so we're glad to do our minor part. We aren't certain of the success of the return flight to shore (about a mile away) as the flightpath seemed to take a nosedive into the Ocean. Let's assume the little bird did make it to shore, thus providing a happy ending to this brief blog. BTW, we saw one of our former boats in the Santa Barbara harbor. Nice guy, Jim, is the owner now. Not only do we have
the boat in common, but Jim (who studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and is a musician/composer) is a double bass player. I just happen to have one on the boat (an electric upright "double" bass) so he dropped by to play it a bit. Very cool!
We are visiting with Matthew, now a senior at UCSB and a Communication major, and enjoying the time immensely. The immediate plan is to have no plan (!). Likely (if we feel like it) we'll depart on Monday (Sept. 8th) for the Channel Islands which include Santa Cruz, Anacapa, Santa Rosa, and San Miguel (a sea lion rookery), as well as the more well known Santa Catalina Island (about 75nm South of Santa Cruz island). Our trip into Southern California waters was mostly uneventful, for which we are grateful. We did have a hitchhiker - a little Plover who landed his/her weary body on our boat and rode along with us for 10 minutes. At last glance we saw him/her fly away toward shore (2+ miles away). We believe this is an endangered species, so we're glad to do our minor part. We aren't certain of the success of the return flight to shore (about a mile away) as the flightpath seemed to take a nosedive into the Ocean. Let's assume the little bird did make it to shore, thus providing a happy ending to this brief blog. BTW, we saw one of our former boats in the Santa Barbara harbor. Nice guy, Jim, is the owner now. Not only do we have
the boat in common, but Jim (who studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and is a musician/composer) is a double bass player. I just happen to have one on the boat (an electric upright "double" bass) so he dropped by to play it a bit. Very cool!More soon.
Have a blessed day!
Jill
Have a blessed day!
Jill
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Happy to hear that you are enjoying Santa Barbara and that wind has arrived. Be sure to check out Brophy Brothers at the marina. Great seafood!
Carla and Doug
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