Category Los Olivos

West Coast Fall 2023, Part One

February 4, 2024 · by · in Beer, Wine and Alcohol, Bicycle Tours and Rides, Buellton, California, Los Olivos, Oakland · Leave a comment

October 10 – 19 October rolled around and we planned a three week road trip that would take us to Oakland to celebrate Jessica’s milestone birthday (I won’t reveal what age that is), Kamp Angst, Bishop, Henderson, Meadview (to visit 90 plus year old Uncle Dick), Flagstaff, Sedona, and Tucson, giving us lots of opportunities […]

Northern California and Oregon Fall 2022, Part One

June 18, 2023 · by · in Beer, Wine and Alcohol, California, Cave Junction, Grants Pass, Kamp Angst, Los Olivos, Oakland, Oregon · Leave a comment

October 13 – 24 Soon after our return from North Carolina, we ventured north to Oakland to celebrate Jessica’s birthday and use the time to visit Kamp Angst in Oregon.  This would be our second visit to the house Jessica and Kris had purchased at the beginning of September, and we were looking forward to […]

Santa Barbara Weekend

April 17, 2022 · by · in Beer, Wine and Alcohol, Bicycle Tours and Rides, Buellton, California, Los Olivos, Santa Barbara · 1 Comment

February 25-28 Two weeks after our respective flights to the east coast, we loaded up the car on a Friday afternoon and made our way to Santa Barbara and the Best Western Plus Santa Barbara for a weekend of bike riding and to see the Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at the Arlington Theater.  […]

Hot Springs 2021, Part One

June 6, 2021 · by · in Beer, Wine and Alcohol, California, Los Olivos, Oakland, Uncategorized · Leave a comment

May 13 – 24, 2021 May arrived with rapidly declining Covid rates and Joanna and I fully vaccinated, began to plan for a return to our routine of the last seven years of abundant travel.  This next trip would mirror those we did last year during the height of the crisis, indeed much of what […]

Buellton Bike Weekend Spring 2021, Part Two

May 16, 2021 · by · in Bicycle Tours and Rides, Buellton, California, Los Olivos · Leave a comment

We met Tony over at Ellen’s Pancake House again for breakfast and although the oatmeal the day before was really good (with plenty of raisins, brown sugar, and walnuts to mix in) I went for two slices of French Toast and Joanna attempted to finish the Monte Cristo, a special of the day.  Her sandwich […]

Buellton Bike Weekend Spring 2021, Part One

May 9, 2021 · by · in Beer, Wine and Alcohol, Bicycle Tours and Rides, Buellton, California, Los Olivos, Solvang · 2 Comments

April 16 – 19 As the pandemic begins to subside (as of this writing both Joanna and I are fully vaccinated) we can begin to pursue a more aggressive travel agenda, one that will fill the second half of 2021 much as we did in 2019 after our move back to Los Angeles.  We did […]