Scooting up the coast to Santa Barbara

Rebecca was struck by wanderlust, so at 8:30 AM on Sunday, we suddenly decide to go up the coast and hit the wine country around Santa Barbara. The surf was about as big as I've ever seen it. There were whitecaps everywhere and spray was being blown off the rocks, and blobs of sea foam were blown across the sands. The rain had made everything green (but not as green as Ireland) and the lupins and poppies were flaunting their sex organs all over the place. Finally ate at the Los Olivos Cafe, which is usually packed to the rafters; but the rain must have kept a lot of people away. Hit three of our favorite wineries (the ones that are easy to get to) and then zipped back down the coast, slightly heavier for the lucky 13 bottles of wine that we picked up.

Anyway, suffice it to say, there's yet more goddam pictures to look at. Check out 'Spume2'... left of center there's a little round white blob of spume, and you can see from the shadow that it's off the ground, float/bouncing its way across the sand. It's pretty isn't it? Too bad it's probably made of seaweed scum and fish poo.

Some Steppenwolf lyrics for you young'uns out there

(America)

The spirit was freedom and justice
And it's keepers seem generous and kind
It's leaders were supposed to serve the country
But now they won't pay it no mind
'Cause the people grew fat and got lazy
And now their vote is a meaningless joke
They babble about law and order
But it's all just an echo of what they've been told
Yeah, there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into a noose
And it just sits there watchin'

Our cities have turned into jungles
And corruption is stranglin' the land
The police force is watching the people
And the people just can't understand
We don't know how to mind our own business
'Cause the whole world's got to be just like us
Now we are fighting a war over there
No matter who's the winner
We can't pay the cost
'Cause there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into a noose
And it just sits there watching

America where are you now?
Don't you care about your sons and daughters?
Don't you know we need you now
We can't fight alone against the monster