Summer Lovin' Had Me A Blast: Day 2

SUMMER is officially here! Time for shorts and sun dresses for this girl! I took some time off and spent it with my sister and a few of our other friends last week. We sort of wandered everywhere over the course of three days... here we go with Day 2!

{Location: Santa Barbara, Ca}

[Franceschi Park]
We arrived in Santa Barbara and headed straight for Franceschi Park. We all wanted to see that ooooh la la view of the Santa Barbara coastline! This park was the perfect location...it's nestled within a quiet residential area way up high on a hillside.

[photo courtesy of Charlene]

[photos courtesy of Charlene]

[El Paseo & State Street]

Just our luck! The Summer Solstice Festival was also happening that day on State Street. But alas...we caught the very end of it. By the time we arrived, confetti had already been thrown...musicians were wrapping it up...le sigh. That's okay, State Street was still very much alive with crowds of people shopping, dining and sight seeing! We made our way through El Paseo and down State Street towards the beach :)

{Side Note}

Lunch was at Pascucchi Restaurant. 

{Love} This dessert place called Whosadilly!

[East Beach]

So we made the LONGGGGG walk down State Street to East Beach. Okay so I knew that the beach was called East Beach, but for some reason I was still expecting to see the sun set on the horizon...umm nope! Hahaha! Weirdly enough, the Santa Barbara coast line faces south...so we happened to walk down the opposite end where it faces east (womp womp)! No worries though, the view was just as beautiful!

After a little breather on the beach, we rode the State Street Shuttle back to our parking garage. Thank goodness for the shuttle! I don't think our pretty little peepers could have handled the walk back :)

{Side Note}

The shuttle ride is only 25 cents per person! How awesome is that?!?

[Alice Keck Park]

To wrap up our "daycation" in Santa Barbara, we decided to go for something nice and light (all that walking before took a toll on us). So Charlene found this park nearby, and it was a great place for us to just soak up the remainder of the day and stroll around.

{Love} Geez...photo bomberrrr :)

{Side Note}

This was the area where Alee was taking a picture of Charlene (I was standing in front of them), and all of a sudden behind them I saw a ginormous rat scurry from one side to the other! I guess my face said it all because Charlene and Alee started to run in a hurry past me...but they were as silent as can be! That's what was SO funny!