Good evening everyone.

I'm back in Santa Barbara tonight. I started my day in Big Sur which is about 3 hours north.

There are a couple national parks along the coast in the Big Sur area so I stopped in and did some hiking. Nothing major, just wandering around.

Late morning, I continued down the coast and stopped in at Hearst Castle. This mansion was built by a Californian millionaire on the top of a mountain overlooking the ocean. It took 20 years to build and even the owner (William Hearst) did not live to see it finished.
The mansion has since been turned over to the state and become a popular stop along the coast.

I spent the evening in Santa Barbara wandering around the harbour and then downtown. Again nothing exciting to report. It has been a relatively low key day minus all the driving.

I've also cleaned out my car today. For those of you who have seen my bedroom on a daily basis, take that image and put it in a car. I've started misplacing things so figured I should clean up.

Speaking of misplacing, I ran into a little trouble yesterday. I lost my credit card at a gas station and have had to cancel it. oops!
It's made booking hostels/tours difficult but luckily I have my debit card to take out money with.

Fun fact: the gas station I left my card at in Big Sur has the most expensive gas in the nation at $6.70/gallon. I googled this station last night and it is actually the most expensive. Conveniently they don't post the prices out front and I didn't notice until half way through pumping.

Tomorrow I'm going to do some surfing in Santa Barbara in the morning and then make my way down to Malibu.
There is a big 'swell' (surfing lingo?) coming in from the south all the way up the west coast. It's expected to create big waves and all the surfers are stoked!

Santa Barbara won't get much because they are protected by the Channel Islands but my new surfer friend said Malibu will have some good waves. I won't be surfing these of course, just watching.

By tomorrow evening I will be in my last stop, santa Monica. I am glad for the majority of the driving to be done but sad to be almost done my trip!















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