California Tour Diary - June 25, 2013

June 25, 2013: Another great day on tour in California!  After two days in Monterey we had to say our goodbyes, pack up the bus, and head towards the Santa Barbara and Ventura area.  We broke up the long drive with many stops in order to take in the great views from Pacific Coast Highway 1 and surprisingly no one had motion sickness as we wound our way through the mountains alongside the ocean. We first stopped at Big Sur to take in the gorgeous view. When we pulled up the fog was thick but quickly lifted to reveal the blue ocean and tree covered mountains. Next we pulled off at a beach covered with hundreds of sea elephants.  That is definitely something you don't see in Akron!  After a quick lunch we made a pit stop at the hotel which was placed next  to the ocean marina full of sailboats out our front door.  In record breaking time, singers were in their concert attire and off to Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara.  The highlight of the night was singing aside a (very) young man who even graced us with a solo.  Needless to say, he was given a resounding applause and photo ops with some of the young ladies.