We're such creatures of habit! When it was time for lunch we immediately headed towards a sports bar we know well on State Street, the main business drag. Madisons has great sandwiches of all kinds and its burgers are first-class. We always sit out on the street patio, far enough away from the big screen TVs so that we can hear ourselves think! Then it was time to drive up the hill to the Santa Barbara Mission, often known as the Queen of the Missions, so named because of its incredible beauty. The noon mass was still going on while we were on the grounds so, unfortunately, we were unable to get inside the main chapel on this visit. But the rolling front lawn of the church was a beautiful place to view the grounds, the gardens, fountain and the old lavatorium (clothes washing place).
If you've read our "bucket list", you know that visiting all the 21 California missions, spread from San Diego to San Francisco, is on our list. At the end of this trip we will have visited six of them.
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