One of the things we love about SB is the way cultures and classes mix more readily than in many other communities. On our 7/8 flight we got an aerial glimpse of that. Goleta Beach near the airport & UCSB is popular with a wide variety of people from across the spectrum.
1646 Goleta Beach
Just a mile or two away, most homes in Hope Ranch are owned by gazillionaires, and we got a rare directive from ATC to fly relatively low over it for this closer look.
1652 Hope Ranch
In between though, we enjoyed again one of our fav local sites just past Goleta Beach. Does this look like a scene from Maui?
1648 Maui, CA
So lush and “beachy” looking. I like to imagine sitting on the veranda sipping a mai tai listening to the tropical birds and gentle surf, watching a small plane slide past offshore.
John & Anne Wiley 
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