Day 22: Santa Barbara. After spending most of yesterday in a car, today was a bit of a lazy day - which is ok, because Santa Barbara is a lazy kinda town. With all the streets lined with iconic towering palms and sea breezes coming in off the bay, it's the type of environment where it's hard not to put up the feet. Regardless though, while we're here, we were determined to see SB. We started off by heading down the end of our street to the marina. From there ...

Day 21: The Long & Winding Road. We set off early this morning (about 8.30am) and it wasn't long before we hit the stretch of highway known as the 'Big Sur'. From this point, my beloved's navigation skills were not required - turn too hard left and I cross the lane into opposing traffic and a mountain face; turn too far right and it's a loooong way down to the ocean below - I kinda had it covered! Given we were heading south, my driver's side was hugging t...