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Our all time favorite place to eat Santa Maria style tri-tip.
No traditional Santa Maria Style Barbecue meal is complete without pinquito beans. But what are pinquito beans, and where did they come from? Pinquitos are small pink beans that are native to the Santa Maria Valley. No one is quite sure about the origins of the pinquito bean, but after all these years it remains a commercial crop exclusive to the Central Coast.
We got some to take home.
Santa Maria produces 10 million boxes of strawberries annually. In the spring and summertime, the sweet fragrance of strawberries perfume the air all around Santa Maria.
On our way to the trail head we spot this beagle running loose in the middle of a 4 way intersection with 2 lanes in each direction. I jump out and start calling to her. Like most lost dogs she is scared and won't initially come to me. With persistence I finally get her to come to me. Of course she has no tags on her collar. We find a small piece of rope to tie to her collar, call animal control and wait.
The sun was shining when we left the Jeep.
Point Sal ridgeline at Point Sal State Beach
Newton Short built this swinging bridge without sides to connect his properties approximately 1875. Sides were added after 1902. The bridge was given to the city in 1911.
The lake has been called Oso Flaco, meaning “skinny bear,” ever since 1769 when Gaspar de Portola’s expedition passed through
The Oso Flaco Lake boardwalk takes you across the lake. After crossing the lake, the boardwalk continues over the dunes to a viewing platform and access to the beach.
We got some to take home.
On our way to the trail head we spot this beagle running loose in the middle of a 4 way intersection with 2 lanes in each direction. I jump out and start calling to her. Like most lost dogs she is scared and won't initially come to me. With persistence I finally get her to come to me. Of course she has no tags on her collar. We find a small piece of rope to tie to her collar, call animal control and wait.
The sun was shining when we left the Jeep.
Point Sal ridgeline at Point Sal State Beach
Small world
When in Santa Maria we always stay at the Elks Lodge. After dinner at Shaw's Dave sends a message to a friend in Apple Valley rubbing it in that we just had dinner at Shaw's. Barry tells us he is headed to the Elks in Santa Maria in a couple of days. We were able to return to Shaw's with them for another excellent dinner.
The same day Bob and Carol square dancers we know from Riverside pulled in at the Elks and park right next to us.
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