Emmanuel's Visit Day 4

For the first time in two days, we slept in. I woke up at 9:00 in the morning to find Emmanuel still sleeping. I tip-toed across the hardwood floors to the kitchen, and made some scrambled eggs. Just as I was finishing, Emmanuel stepped into the kitchen. We ate the eggs in silence. We didn't really have anything planned for the day. We slowly started to discuss options, and we decided on a bike ride. I picked out Romero trail, because of the view and the fun downhill.

We rode through the huge houses of Montecito and stopped where the homes ended and the mountains began. From there, we climbed up the first steep part of the trail and began to make our way up the rest of the long trail. We stopped at a big rock and looked out on the view of Santa Barbara.

The view was amazing. We could see all the way up the coast to Goleta and UCSB, and all the way down to Ventura.

After resting and gazing at the view, Emmanuel and I rode farther up the trail. The trail turned inland. Finally we hit the 3 mile marker, where we turned around. We bombed downhill the way we came. The cold air blew across our faces and froze our ears, so Emmanuel and I had to stop and put on our jackets. "Whoohoo!" shouted Emmanuel.

We got back starving. We ordered some food from Mexican Fresh. We got a Little Pepe Burrito (not little), which we cut in half and shared.

The burrito was great. "It would be so fun to go biking again, even though it is night." Emmanuel said. "I think I know something you would like," I said.

We dragged my skateboard ramp onto the street. I showed him how to catch air off of the jump and then land without going over the handlebars. He walked his bike to the end of the street, then he got on. He pedaled as fast as he could toward the jump. Then he launched into the air, whooping with delight, and landed perfectly right in front of me. The rest of the night until 9:00, we played on the bike jump. "That is the most amazing feeling, flying through the air and becoming weightless," Emmanuel said.

We went to sleep, knowing that tomorrow we would have a great time at the beach.