Santa Maria, California

Why would anyone want to go to Santa Maria?  Well...there is absolutely no reason to go unless you are visiting someone.  After conquering two national parks, it was on to the next, greater challenge: visiting my boyfriend's parents deep within suburbia.

I'm pretty skittish, so the thought of staying with my boyfriend's parents and integrating with their household was pretty terrifying.  Luckily, it was already my third time staying over and they are both very nice, open people.

Santa Maria is really one of California's buttholes, so there was nothing to do.  That meant there was plenty of time for relaxing, reading, writing, and playing with the household dogs.  It was also really great to eat home cooking. ♥






PS: Nick has been blogging away about our trip at A Californian in Outer Space.