California road trip Day 9 - Drive to venture and the day of the Santa Barbra fire

We've had a lot of people concerned about our trip since we had to drive through the fires of Santa Barbara.  We saw smoke but we were never in any danger. 

We woke up in our amazing presidential suite.  Our morning picture is from our balcony!

After breakfast, we came back and fooled around taking pictures around the room like the silly peeps we are :D

We enjoyed our ocean view and listening to the waves for as long as we could.  Checkout was at 1:30 and at 1:29 we left the room and waved goodbye.  

I had to get a picture of this sign.  I love it!  

The drive to venture was only a few hours so we didn't have to hurry.  

We stopped and got a few pictures of the smoke from the freeway but this is as close as we ever were to the fires. 

By this time, Crystal was having some hip issues from sitting in the car so once we got to the hotel, we needed to do some yoga stretches.  We hit the hotel gym, stretched out, and sampled their cold water.  Pro-tip, many hotels have chilled and filtered water available in the exercise room. 

We got a few pictures of the beach at sunset then ordered fast food and relaxed for the night.  The highway 1 portion of our trip was over.  Tomorrow we jet over across L.A. to old town Pasadena.  For tonight though, we can listen to the waves for one more night.