Monday, July 21, 2008

Hotel Martens...may I take your reservation?




We hosted another group of visitors this weekend- Kurt's parents Murro and Darla. Murro had been to Santa Barbara before for work, but Darla had never visited. They were here for about 5 days, so in addition to showing them the local sites (I think we should just start a tour service!) we also took them out to the wine country. On the drive out we didn't see any signs of the Gap Fire that plagued Santa Barbara in the last few weeks- so that is good news now that it has been put out. While in the wine country we visited Bridlewood Vineyard, the towns of Los Olivos and Solvang and ate steaks at the Hitching Post. If any of you have seen the movie Sideways, the Hitching Post was the restaurant in the movie! The Santa Ynez Valley right outside SB is where the whole movie was filmed. We were sad to see Murro and Darla go since we probably won't see them again for a few months- but it sure was fun while it lasted!

1 comment:

Christa said...

Hey Kurtis, what is Murro doin' with his arm around my girlfriend (i.e. Darla)???? I'm gonna have to go Aggie on that Army boy again!!!! HA! Enjoying the photos, keep em' comin'. Later guys, Charles.