Southbound

A little warmer today, getting up to around 24°C this afternoon.

Today we decided to head south down the Pacific Coast Highway. The name is a bit of a misnomer as the PCH got nowhere near the coast on this trip. The area to the south of us is very agricultural with a lot of vegetables being grown. I have never seen so much activity in fields as I have here, there isn’t much automation beyond basic tractors, but there is a lot of manual labour.

Our destination was Lompoc, a town that has a large number of murals on building walls. On the way there we drove past Vandenburg Air Force Base, which is part of Space Command. Vandenburg launches a number of military satellites, unfortunately none were due to launch today and there was nowhere to get a good view of the area.

We arrived in Lompoc and went walkabout looking for the murals. Below is a selection of some of the photos we took. Some of them feature Vandenburg.

Monarch Butterflies are Prevalent in the Area

Below are a series of garage doors featuring local flowers

The two murals below really transformed a plain brick wall into a building.

The mural below depicts the founding women of the town who were against alcohol, hence the man trying to push them back.

The two murals below were fantastic, they really had managed to project a great 3D effect, both in the bow area of the large boat as well as in the wooden area. Unfortunately my photography left a lot to be desired as part of the boat is missing.

A Novel Use for Drums

A Street in Lompoc

We came home via a different route which went through vineyard country. There were miles and miles of vines, probably the greatest concentration we have ever seen.

Trailer on Site