{"id":13295,"date":"2017-06-29T08:38:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T15:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadmin.plantlust.com\/blog\/?p=13295"},"modified":"2024-01-24T10:28:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T18:28:43","slug":"santa-barbara-garden-via-airbnb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/happenings\/santa-barbara-garden-via-airbnb\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Barbara Garden via Airbnb"},"content":{"rendered":"

Way back a million years ago, in May, we did\u00a0a short trek to Santa Barbara. I thought I’d seen it all after going to Huntington Gardens<\/a>\u00a0in San Marino, CA. However, see that picture atop this post–that’s the\u00a0garden at our Airbnb in Santa Barbara. The one below is Huntington Gardens. How about that?<\/p>\n

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Huntington Gardens, grooviness every which way you look.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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It was a little family trip with my husband Bill<\/a>, daughter Megan<\/a> and SIL Justin. Justin had signed up for a 50 mile foot race near Los Angeles, which I can’t explain, but it still seemed a good opportunity to make a long weekend of it. Our son, Elliot, couldn’t come at the last minute, and it’s probably just as well. He wouldn’t have been gaga over\u00a0the gardens. But Megan and I were crazy happy.<\/p>\n

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This is what we saw when we pulled up in the parking area.<\/p>\n

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First glimpse of our Airbnb in Santa Barbara.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Right? It wasn’t super easy to find. The winding\u00a0road leading up to the mission’s perch was reminiscent–I’m told–of Italy.<\/p>\n

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A narrow winding road let to our house.\u00a0Do you see the hawk at the center?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sorry, you cannot get a limousine up here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not at all what I expected, in an I-couldn’t-believe-how-cool-it-was way.<\/p>\n

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Not in Kansas anymore. This is the garden strip\u00a0next to the garage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And<\/em> there were two mules roadside. We said hello each time we passed, and they looked up expectantly.\u00a0Sad to say, we didn’t have anything\u00a0to offer beside our enthusiasm. They were friendly enough, but not terribly\u00a0impressed with our treat-less hellos.<\/p>\n\n\t\t