{"id":20514,"date":"2013-07-07T20:56:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T04:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/?p=20514"},"modified":"2013-07-10T10:10:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T18:10:54","slug":"20514","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/?p=20514","title":{"rendered":"Santa Ynez Valley, &#8220;Solvang&#8221;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20630\" href=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=20630\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20630\" title=\"IMG_0071\" src=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_00711-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_00711-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_00711.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have a date with a miniature horse farm,\u00a0so we exit on highway 246\u00a0which rolls through the hilly ranch country 36 miles north of Santa Barbara. The\u00a0bucolic Santa Ynez Valley is a verdant\u00a0landscape of rolling hills frosted by \u00a0coastal winds. There are\u00a09,000 acres of ranch land adjoining the isolated and beautifully austere Santa In\u00e9s Mission, surrounded by beautiful green rolling hills, rambling vineyards and grand equestrian estates, and an\u00a0incongruously situated faux Danish village called &#8220;Solvang&#8221;. Coated with faux half-timbered homes, towers, gabled roofs and windmills, Solvang is a frightening hellscape. Crawling with tourists, many two-fisting\u00a0delicious treats\u00a0(ice cream cone +\u00a0doughnut or \u00a0ebelskiver + danish pastry, etc.), Solvang is also\u00a0 famous today as the setting for the movie\u00a0&#8220;Sideways,&#8221; and you can spot the\u00a0occasional\u00a0disappointed hipster, realizing how grim Solvang really is.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20515\" href=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=20515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20515\" title=\"ponies\" src=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ponies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ponies.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ponies-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20524\" href=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=20524\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20524\" title=\"photo 5 copy\" src=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/photo-5-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/photo-5-copy.jpg 576w, https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/photo-5-copy-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20523\" href=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=20523\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20523 alignleft\" title=\"ebelseceves\" src=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ebelseceves.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ebelseceves.jpg 476w, https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ebelseceves-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20525\" href=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=20525\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20525\" title=\"photo 5 copy 8\" src=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/photo-5-copy-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/photo-5-copy-8.jpg 640w, https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/photo-5-copy-8-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a date with a miniature horse farm,\u00a0so we exit on highway 246\u00a0which rolls through the hilly ranch country 36 miles north of Santa Barbara. 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