SF:SD Santa Barbara to Port Hueneme

Photo from yesterday afternoon – to prove that the sun does eventually come out.

And we woke to clear skies this morning. Brenda and I walked to the beach for breakfast at “Sambo’s”.  This is the location of the very first Sambo’s in 1957. Eventually there were 544 of these restaurants in 39 states. Today there is only one – the original on the beach in Santa Barbara.  We witnessed a wonderful sunrise; too bad I didn’t bring my camera.

On the road we first stopped with Mark and Charlotte at mile 20 for cappuccino in Ventura. I had a sinfully large pastry. 

Went back for a photo of Mission San Buenaventure. (Click on any photo for a larger image.)

We’re only a couple of miles from the Channel Islands National Park Visitor’s Center but that doesn’t prevent us from getting lost.  With the help of two Hispanic cyclists, the route sheet, Android navigation and (primarily) Brenda’s navigation skills we finally find it.  The islands are somewhere way off shore in the photo below.

 

 

Brophy Brothers Restaurant is recommended for lunch and it is quite good.  I have fish and chips – better than yesterday’s fish and chips and Brenda has a shrimp and avocado salad.  It’s only 10 miles to Port Hueneme and we ride into town first on the beach full of resorts (and sand on the bike trail)  and then on a tree-lined boulevard. The hotel, which is being converted to a Holiday Inn Express, is quite nice – with complementary happy hour each night.