I fully encourage anyone who is traveling to stay in a Hostel. They're super-cheap and are full of really interesting people. I stayed in the Santa Barbara Tourist Hostel last night. I met two girls from Switzerland who were on a three-week vacation, first to New York then out here. I'm sharing a tiny room just big enough for two bunk-beds (the ( Read more... )

Day 9 (Jan 4 ( Read more... )

Day 8 (Jan 3): The Big Nothing ( Read more... )

Day 7 (Jan 2): The Cold Front ( Read more... )

Day 6 (Jan 1): The Fix ( Read more... )

Day 5 (Dec 31): Junk-A-Noo ( Read more... )

Day 4 (Dec 30): The Excursion ( Read more... )

Day 3 (Dec 29): Over the Coral and Past the Beach ( Read more... )

Day 2: It Begins in Earnest ( Read more... )

Preface ( Read more... )