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Lance and I had a wonderful trip to Santa Barbara and Solvang! We arrived home last night after spending two nights in Santa Barbara and one night in Solvang. Everything was great...great food, great weather, great people. We ended up doing a lot for only spending two full days away. We hit two breweries, the Santa Barbara Zoo, the beach, two Missions and a museum. And that doesn't count all the eating we did! We ate Hungarian Goulash, Schnitzel, Swedish Meatballs and Crepes...just to name a few! It was fantastic!

I've posted some pictures of our trip. The first three are from the Garlic Festival last weekend. Bre, Jon and Lance all tried the fried Rattlesnake and Alligator. They said it was really good, but I didn't try it.

Enjoy the pictures!

Bre and Jon enjoying some Alligator and Rattlesnake

Lance enjoying his Rattlesnake

At the Garlic Festival in Gilroy

The Firestone Brewery in Paso Robles

Lance VERY much enjoying his beer

I'm VERY much enjoying my water

The Brewhouse in Santa Barbara - Lance ordered a Habenero beer...yikes! Spicy!



The Santa Barbara Zoo was located on the street right behind our hotel



The giraffe with the very crooked neck. Don't worry...she's not in pain! In fact, she's perfectly healthy and actually gave birth recently. What a trooper!

Lance's Schnitzel...yum!



My Hungarian Goulash....sooooooo yummy!


Old Mission Santa Barbara


East Beach in Santa Barbara
I stayed on the beach....


...while Lance had fun playing in the water


The Hans Christian Anderson Museum in Solvang. We picked up some great books here for our little one.


Old Mission Santa Ynez (or Santa Ines)

Downtown Solvang

Yummy, creamy ice cream. It was soooo good!