(Drivebycuriosity)
- My wife and I are traveling again in the Southwest of the US. We stayed 4 days in Santa Barbara, a sleepy town @ the Pacific coast, about 90 miles north of Los Angeles. Santa Barbara is a real beauty. The city is sandwiched between steep mountains and the Pacific coast.
The place has a strange micro climate. In the morning the sky was grey, covered by a high fog, which also hid the mountains. It was a bit chilly with temperatures in the lower 60s F (about 15 Celsius).
At noon the fog slowly dissolved and the sun arrived and in the afternoon we enjoyed a blue sky and temperatures in the mid 70s F ( low 20s C). Santa Barbara is much cooler then Las Vegas which had temperatures in the low 100s F (40 C). The micro climate reminds me of San Francisco which is also foggy. Apparently the relatively cold ocean is chilling the city.
I enjoyed the beautiful streets with plenty of palms and an interesting architecture.
Even the industrial parts are eye catchers. The structure above looks like a cement factory.
Someday we might go back.
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