My California ~ Lunch at Finneys

Last weekend, on the spur of the moment, my wife and I decided to take the train up the coast a ways and grab something to eat. It was 1:05 when we decided to try and catch the 1:30 northbound Pacific Surfliner train and go to Carpinteria and eat lunch at Rincon Brewing. Realizing that was only a 20 minute trip, we changed our minds and decided to go further north to Santa Barbara and check out Finneys Crafthouse. They have a location south of us in Westlake Village and soon there will be a Finneys in Ventura. The train was delayed, so we arrived at the Ventura station with time to spare. It's interesting that we would take the train from Ventura because it was the railroad, in a sense, that gave the city its name. Believe it or not, there is no city in California called Ventura. Officially, Ventura is known as the City of San Buenaventura. When that wouldn't fit onto a railroad timetable, the name was shortened to Ventura, and it stuck. I plan to show you more of Ventura in a future post, and our train is pulling in, so let's get going...

Last time we took the Pacific Surfliner, we went south to Los Angeles and saw no Pacific and no Surf along the way. This time, we travelled along the coast the whole way.

We've arrived in Santa Barbara:

My wife is waiting as I stop to snap a picture. We brought our camera bags with us at my insistence, and she isn't too happy having to carry hers around.

The station is located along State Street, which hosts many nice shops and restaurants. Straight ahead is an area known as the Funk Zone that is home to art galleries, gastropubs, and other cool places. But it's not our destination today.

We're heading to Finneys Crafthouse, located in the Hotel California.

I had the sausage and garlic pizza with an IPA, while my wife had the BBQ bacon burger. My pizza tasted amazing and I enjoyed mopping up the garlicky olive oil with the crust. Yummmmmmy!

We strolled down towards the waterfront and Stearns Wharf after lunch.

Then we headed back up towards the train station...

The sun was starting to set as we boarded our train to head back home...

We enjoyed a beautiful sunset over the ocean during the ride home and arrived home at dusk...

I hope you enjoyed the train trip and lunch at Finneys. Thanks for letting me show you My California!

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_{Original photographs by @kunschj. All rights reserved}

Camera	Canon EOS 80D
Lens	Canon EFS 18-55 mm kit lens
Location	Ventura & Santa Barbara, California

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