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Comments (15)Terriks - I was going to write about Solvang yesterday and ran out of time. Solvang is delightful, but you have to like cute. We've taken many getaways down there. It's in the Santa Ynez Valley - good wine country - north of Santa Barbara and over the Santa Lucia Mts (hills, really, there's nothing mountainous about the drive). Solvang was settled by Danish immigrants and retains a very Danish-European style today. There are stores that sell Danish imports, restaurants that serve Danish food, and there are all those yummy Danish pastries. The coffee is wonderful! Outside of Solvang there are wine tasting places around the valley, which in itself is very pretty. Our favorite spot is Los Olivos. A tiny town with one cross-street, it has Fess Parker's inn and country restaurant, which IMO is a must-do destination, the food and wine and ambience are that good. Fess recently passed away. He was Davy Crockett on 50's TV, for those creaky enough to remember! He became a master vintner and host. In general, that drive from Santa Barbara to San Luis Obispo is so lovely, one of the less visited areas in California. Not to say that there are not tourists - there are. But not nearly as many as at Disneyland or San Fran's Fisherman's Wharf. Another place that might be worth a drop-in is Ojai. It's on our to-do list. Ojai is an artist's colony, and I've read good things about it. It's just off Highway 1, a bit north of the Pacific Highway. Still another thing, especially if you're visiting San Simeon, is the Highway 1 drive up through Big Sur to Carmel. This drive is not for the faint-hearted, but if you're going south to north, it's easier, since you're against the mountains. The destination here is Nepenthe Restaurant, which is built on a cliff and has some of the most magnificent views IN THE WORLD! Apologies for screaming! Nepenthe basically serves burgers, etc., but they are good burgers, and anyway, you can't take your eyes away from the scenery....See MoreRoad to California Show in January
Comments (4)Linda, I would LOVE to be able to go to the show ... unfortunately we don't get any days off around that time from school. Maybe when I retire ... I hope you have a great time! Sue...See MorePhotos from Conifer Road Trip to the Angeles Crest and Torrey Pines
Comments (10)A couple of us have been to Torrey Pines State Reserve in recent years also, were able to soak up the wild atmosphere there (despite nearby development). We were particularly interested by the native agaves present in the Reserve - in fact later in the trip we drove out to a native plants grower that was listing them so the other one of us could buy a couple of them. Today I bought a copy of Kauffman, Conifers of the Pacific Slope (2013 Back-country Press, Knee-land) which says the entire wild population of Torrey Pine contains fewer than 5000 mature trees, ~3000 on [the] mainland and ~2000 on Santa Rosa Island However public and private gardens in California contain large planted examples far surpassing any of those near Del Mar. Enlargeable photos of several of these can be seen here: Pinus torreyana http://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_torreyana.php...See MorePuya photos from the Huntington (southern California)
Comments (23)So beautiful! I just bought my first Puya. It's a Puya chilensis. Thanks for the pics of the Puya chilensis, makes me love my plant even more. Looking at all your pics makes me want a ton more Puyas. I have a least a decade before mine blooms, but I don't mind makes it more exciting when they do. They're so unique, but still so lovely. I bet hummers go crazy for the flowers:)....See MoreRelated Professionals
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