More of Santa Barbara and beyond

It is amazing how seriously some Americans take Halloween.  There are all sorts of figurines in shops dressed in various costumes and some houses are kitted out like this one below in Santa Barbara, just down the road from where we were staying.

This is Alistair, Karina's miniature Yorkie.  He is a lovely little chap.

Here he is in his car harness.

After spending a lovely week in Santa Barbara we drove down Highway 1 towards Ventura.  We stopped at one of the wonderful beaches where RVs can park and stay up to 7 days at either a State Park or County Park.  It costs $34 per night and it is just delightful.  These beaches stretch right along the coast from Carpinteria to Ventura.

Here is Andrew walking Winston whom we borrowed for a beach walk on Faria County Park Beach.  His owners were very hospitable to us, giving us two fish that Ted had caught and showed Andrew how to gut and descale.  We had fresh fish for dinner that night.  Tiger is parked at the top, the right of the two RVs.

This photo of Nikki's tussled morning hair is supposed to show what we could see out of our bedroom window in the RV, the waves pounding on the beach.  A wonderful sound to which to fall asleep.