March 10, 2017 we flew to Santa Paula so Tripp could visit her excellent mechanic (A&P/IA) Glenn Fuller for some TLC. Leaving SBA we enjoyed seeing so much water at Goleta Beach, with the creek outlet open wide (on the right side) rather than the typical solid line of sand there.
6678 Open Water
I’ve popped in this pic of the hills above Carp just because anyone who’s seen that area since December knows how tragically different it looks now.
6712 Carp B4 Thomas
Life was struggling to recover from a prior smaller fire even then, atop the hills near Ventura and that area looks quite different now too.
6726 Charcoal & Poppies
Sometimes military aircraft use SBA for practice, or just stop in for a refreshing break at one of our restaurants on a long flight. At the end of this flight we saw some USMC Harrier jets, but I didn’t get any good pix. Luckily when we joined the taxi line for another short flight the next day they were back and I caught this moment.
6775 Jets 4 John
I really like how these jets seem to be posing just for me, knowing how much I was enjoying their synchronized show. 🙂
On the 14th we flew again! Rare for us to go so often, but this time it was to San Diego for a visit with family. Some really fun times with our new nephew especially, but also of course many aerial delights on the flight there including this look at beach bluff mansions.
7049 La Jolla Luxury
A funicular like that down to a beach fort is rare in CA, and I’m curious how they managed to get it past the Coastal Commission. Maybe it’s associated with the university and/or marine research work there?
John & Anne Wiley 
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