Our main objective was to get from San Diego to someplace north of LA.Our plan worked out well. We took Amtrak to Oxnard, then took a cab to the airport, then rented a car. It was a 2-hour drive to Embassy Suites in Lompoc. But it took us longer because we took a detour to the Chumash Painted Cave. It was cloudy and late in the day. So I shined my cell phone’s LED light into the cave to catch this pic. I am amazed at how well it turned out.

The drive up to the cave was amazing. Basically we turned East at Santa Barbara. We saw amazing mountain scenery (50 shades of green, at least). Then we turned onto Painted Cave Road, which went up into the mountains on a 1.5 lane road with the tightest switchbacks I have ever driven. We drove past the cave because the turn-off is so small I couldn’t believe we were there. I turned around on the narrow curvy road with Danita in serious distress. We got back to the turn-off and trusted to luck parking our rental car on such a narrow road. We’ve seen other painted caves, but this was a good one. This pic was taken with my pocket camera illuminated by my cell phone’s LED “flash” light and the camera lens poking through the grate.

From there, we drove to our room at the Embassy Suites. We have taken full advantage of the happy hour. I don’t know what we’ll do tomorrow. Danita and I are saving that conversation for tomorrow after the wine has worn off.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.