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\"pigeon<\/p>\n

Roughly halfway between San Francisco and San Diego is a little town called Solvang, CA. When my running-addicted San Diego-based friend told me she\u2019d be running a marathon<\/del> 50k<\/strong>\u00a0just outside of said town, and staying for a few days, I knew a trip was in order.<\/p>\n

I took the long route down, along Highway 1, snapping photos and chomping food along the way.<\/p>\n

The day started out cold and gloomy with a side of fog, but that slowly gave way to warm sun and a vibrant coastline.<\/p>\n

\"california<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Even as a California native, I had no idea how quickly the coast changed from beach to grass to forests and mountains and back again.<\/p>\n

\"california<\/p>\n

A stop in Big Sur for lunch was necessary.<\/p>\n

\"big<\/p>\n

A pork loin sandwich on house-baked bread and a cup of pea soup \u2013 yes please!<\/p>\n

\"lunch<\/p>\n

\"big<\/p>\n

And back on the road I went!<\/p>\n

\"california<\/p>\n

It seemed like every mile of the coastline was different than the last.<\/p>\n

\"california<\/p>\n

\"california<\/p>\n

Eventually I made my way down to Morro Bay, home of this GIANT rock. Seriously. Giant.<\/p>\n

\"morro<\/p>\n

It was also time to eat again, so I checked out Taco Temple. I was also a bit behind schedule, so I ate this equally GIANT fish taco<\/a> in the car. I\u2019m telling you, there was about a pound of fish under there\u2026<\/p>\n

Taco Temple indeed.<\/p>\n

\"taco<\/p>\n

\"morro<\/p>\n

I finally arrived in Solvang that night and went straight to the hotel\u2019s hot tub to wait for my friend to arrive, who was driving a much more direct route up from San Diego after working a full day. She\u2019s a maniac I tell you.<\/p>\n

The next morning we set out to explore this quaint little town, which is famous for it\u2019s Danish charm and more importantly, baked goods.<\/p>\n

\"solvang,<\/p>\n

It turns out Solvang also has a brewery, so that was (of course) where we headed for lunch.<\/p>\n

\"solvang<\/p>\n

We shared fries because we\u2019re nice like that.<\/p>\n

\"fries<\/p>\n

I got the Baja Burger, which in addition to a perfectly cooked patty, cotija cheese and some tasty guacamole, featured pickled\u00a0jalape\u00f1os.<\/p>\n

Cue my obsession with pickled\u00a0jalape\u00f1os.<\/p>\n

\"baja<\/p>\n

My lady lunch date got the Baja Wrap because we\u2019re mildly the same person like that.<\/p>\n

\"baja<\/p>\n

After lunch we walked around a bit and checked out some shops, including the store where it\u2019s Christmas all year-round (how I didn\u2019t get a photo of that is beyond me), and the As-Seen-On-TV store.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an interesting town.<\/p>\n

We picked some amazing treats from Olsen\u2019s Bakery and ate them while watching crappy TV in the hotel room. That was basically the rest of our day.<\/p>\n

\"solvang<\/p>\n

Once nicely stuffed and high on sugar, I took the direct route home up the 101. I did say it was a quick trip, didn\u2019t I?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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