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TRAILBLAZING: A national park near you
How far is too far to drive for a weekend trip? It likely depends on what’s waiting for you on the other end of the pavement. For a national park, I’m going to call it at four hours. In four hours, you can drive to no less than three national parks from our perch in San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara counties. In fact, you should, and here they are:
Meet Lightning
Lightning, a Santa Barbara County Animal Shelter (SBCAS) foster pup living in Carpinteria, had a great time checking out the classic cars at Rods & Roses and walking down Linden Avenue last weekend, his foster parent Phyllis Keymer told CVN. Lighting’s adventures and his self-confidence journey are chronicled on the @lightning.ima.good.boi Instagram account.
From Tricycles to Tassels
Eighteen years ago, I was driving on the 101, looking at the cars to my left and right, seeing through bleary eyes, sleep deprived as a first-time mom, having a fleeting curiosity about how I and so many others in the same situation were actually allowed to be operating heavy machinery.
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