Lunch was at Stearns Wharf at Santa Barbara. We had stopped there previously on our roadtrip to Solvang and it was delicious enough then for us to want to go back for the seafood. It was a good day of eating for E, she who's usually so hard to feed. J was more occupied with hantam-ing the pigeons, alternating between growling at them (dinosaur growls, naturally!) and chasing them around.
We arrived in San Luis Obispo mid-afternoon, enough time for the kids to head out to the jacuzzi (they loved the bubbles!) before we walked around town a bit. Dinner was at Mo's Smokehouse BBQ. Yum. Both kids ate well, but E in particular was pretty spectacular. She handled the ribs with much aplomb. The result - two greasy hands, a grubby mouth and nose, and a spectacularly stained T-shirt. Despite all that mess, I have to admit I was quite proud of how she managed to clean out the meat from the bones!
A sidenote - we took a detour on the way to the airport yesterday to pick up my mum to Rancho Palos Verdes. In the correct months, it's a good whale watching spot, as they migrate to warmer weather. We didn't get to see any whales yesterday but there was still a beautiful lookout point. J was pretty excited to see pictures of the whales and a whale boat. It made enough of an impression on him for him to ask me today if the whale boats were used to catch whale sharks, which he says are scary.
It's so good to have my mum here, and not just because there's an extra pair of hand to help with the kids. I've really missed talking to her.
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