When the Swallows...

 ...come back! (I don't think they've been back for a while, alas.) I met my friend here and we had a fab time roaming around.

 There was a really sweet butterfly garden full of one of my favorite flowers that I have a VERY hard time growing: hollyhocks, 7 feet tall!

 Matilija poppies.

 An amazing cactus flower.

A cool 1930s Streamline Moderne building right in the middle of 18th-century adobes.

 Lunch! An enchilada salad...weird, but good.

 And various scenes from the train ride. Spectacular!