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items $5-10; 11am-8pm; )
, an eat-out-of-a-basket burger shack that delivers seasoned
curly fries and old-fashioned milkshakes.
From Santa Barbara, MTD bus 20 runs to Summerland ($1.75, 25 minutes, hourly) via
Montecito, continuing to Carpinteria.
Carpinteria
Pop 13,230
Lying 11 miles east of Santa Barbara, the time-warped beach of Carpinteria - so named
because Chumash tribespeople once built seafaring canoes here - is a laid-back place. You
could easily spend an hour or two wandering in and out of antiques shops and beachy
boutiques along Linden Ave, downtown's main street. To gawk at the world's largest vat of
October.
Sights & Activities
If you're an expert surfer,
Rincon Point
has long, glassy, right point-break waves. It's
about 3 miles southeast of downtown, off Hwy 101 (exit Bates Rd)
Carpinteria State Beach
BEACH
( 805-968-1033;
www.parks.ca.gov
; end of Linden Ave; per car $10; 7am-sunset; )
It's an idyllic, mile-long strand where kids splash around in calm waters and go tide-pool-
ing along the shoreline. In winter, you may spot harbor seals and sea lions hauled out on
the sand, especially if you hike over a mile south along the coast to a blufftop overlook.
