Solvang

Enchanted ivy-covered castle-like walls beckon to the imagination in the quaint real-life village nestled in the hills above Santa Barbara.

My high-flying adventure had to be post-poned due to Santa Ana winds so instead I brought my dad to Solvang for an afternoon of browsing through antique stores (the highest single item price I saw was $64,000!!) and visiting the Hans Christian Anderson Museum.  We topped off our afternoon with samplings of many different kinds of Brats, and a couple of beers.

On our way out of town I took a ten minute detour to find the miniature horses.  It was closed, but I still managed to snap a photo with something in it for perspective:

There's a four-wheeler in the background so you can see how tiny these horses are.  I know a Great Dane that is bigger than these horses...

Anyway, perhaps it wasn't an adrenaline pumping thrill-seeking kind of day like hang gliding would have been, but it was a fun day nonetheless.