Later in the day I went to run errands in the village and found that the whole place had turned into a Pokemon Go station. Just when you thought the game was over it makes a comeback and you see all sorts of people, some of them playing with more than one phone at a time!
Some teenagers even take three trains each way just to go play in Santa Monica!
I finished the day by joining in the Interfaith Peace Walk.
We are lucky to have good weather for getting out and seeing the world or having the world come to us.
Sometimes D. bring home The Student Life from campus and occasionally I pick it up
A. is good about bringing home the Wolfpacket, but we have a subscription, too. Tonight the paper was given out at the football game after the homecoming queen was announced.
There are also library books and magazines to keep up with!
After an evening thunderstorm we were surprised to wake up to steady rain. The forecast looked good so we loaded up and headed out. Traffic was bad because of an accident, but we got to the start of our ride before they started the route and safety talk.
photo credit Trek Travel Great weather in Santa Barbara!
We were surprised to learn that the ride was hillier and shorter than we expected, but it seemed like a good challenge and we were motivated to get to the lunch spot.
Happy to say we needed the van only to hold up our bike.
The view at lunch (with the ocean in the background) reminded me a tiny bit of Iceland if I imagine the swimming pools are natural hot pots dotting the landscape.
photo credit Trek Travel The ride back to the beach was fast and safe.
But wait, there's more!
Just a few minutes from the end of the ride is the slip where our neighbors keep her parents' sailboat (that her father built!) and we got to go out on the ocean.
Photo credit - Rich M.
I enjoyed seeing the animals and hearing the talk about the
D. has been on plenty of boat trips, but it was my first time sailing in over twenty years. I felt wobbly when we got to land and was happy not to be getting in the car to drive home quite yet.
We had a tour of neighbors' parents house and garden and enjoyed a meal outside.
The drive home was uneventful and our garden was well soaked!
Also something purple and lots of other colors, especially if you stand very close, which I remember doing as a child when my art class visited this painting. I am becoming my dad, visiting favorite paintings when going back to museums I have been to before.
We were not able to get tickets to the Yayoi Kusama exhibit, but maybe we'll see a similar one in LA.
Also blue, the sky behind this apartment building,
which has a suit of armor that I had never noticed before.
Yippee - A. borrowed my bicycle so he brought it down from above the garage.
I borrowed my mom's bike, which looks like this.
The first place I rode was the library. Peter Potamus has been there since my childhood. The hedgehog in the teen room was new. You can check out the Quillcam here.
So maybe this doesn't really qualify as new since it is in an old building, but it was new to me!
See the tiny sign for Ray's MTB?
Check out this video for a better visual view.
Nana was nice enough to drive us to the west side.
Ray's Indoor MTB Park consistently ranks among the very best indoor mountain bike parks in the world! A. learned about it from some English YouTubers! Even though it was summer the park was open one day when we were in town.
A. was happy to wear his shirt to his first MTB team meeting and have people recognize it.
