John got to be the tour guide today as he could follow the map better than I could. We rode our bikes to the downtown area then walked the Red Tile Walking Tour. We viewed seveal original homes, called Adobes, Built from 1849 to 1872 and mostly by Spainards who settled the area. Parts of the Presidio, or fort, are still standing depicting life in the early part of the 20th century. We walked on the oldest street next to the guard house of the fort, peeked in a window at the first wooden floor, and shot a picture of the oldest house.
We bypassed the Library, the Art Museum and Post Office but did go inside the Santa Barbara Court House to view the courtroom covered from floor to ceiling with a mural depictingnthe area’s history then climbed the stairs to the top of the clocktower for a great view of the city, ocean and mountains.
The weather deteriorated to wind, rain and cold starting mid-afternoon (cold being a relative term at 57°). We are in for a few days of this until it starts warming up again next week.
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