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The
Highway 101 road trip takes you past this log cabin
seen between the Gaviota
Pass and Solvang.
The ocean isn't always visible along the way and
in this location you'll see mostly hills. North
of the Gaviota Pass, it's growing into a housing
development. One log cabin turned into two and
soon there's a tract here. This growing, unique housing
development where acreage is sold is zoned for Buellton,
not far from the city areas of Buellton and Solvang.
Visible on the
southbound lanes of Highway 101, the cabin is a
kit that's for sale with the huge, beautiful
home perched above the freeway on some wide open
land that promotes its natural beauty in this
rugged, rolling countryside.
When
you drive south, after you've
reached this spot in the road, you begin to
anticipate the state operated rest stop with
public restrooms at the Gaviota Pass. The pass
includes a tunnel carved in the rock that cars
drive through on the northbound direction. That
tunnel was filmed in the movie Sideways as two
buddies drove on the 101 Highway through it
heading north to Buellton.
The public
restroom stops available on both north and
southbound lanes seem to be closed more often
than open in the past several years. Your
next opportunity for free pit stops
doesn't come until you reach
Goleta, approximately
40 minutes from here.
The nearest
hotels to this location are in
Buellton,
Solvang,
Goleta and
Santa Barbara. State parks and beaches along
the way include Gaviota,
Refugio and El Capitan.
You can veer off Highway 101 to Santa Barbara
and take the mountain route on Highway 154. That
trip is geographically shorter but more
challenging driving. The journey takes you by
the beautiful Cachuma Lake
County Park with camping, fishing and even a
general store.
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