While on our trip to the SIGGRAPH 2001 conference in LA, some of us decided to take a day off to check out the beach! These are a few photos from that trip. Some of these photos (the better quality ones) were taken by Tony.
Here's
Jiwon,
Karen, and
Mira packed into the back seat of the car.
They're smiling now, because this picture was taken before we were
stuck in traffic for half an hour, then forced off the highway for
construction that didn't seem to be happening, along a detour route
that was unmarked, leaving us driving aimlessly through the California
countryside.
Fortunately we got back on track and made it to Santa Barbara. Our
first stop was a relaxing lunch at a Mexican restaurant on the beach.
And what a beach it was! Sand, sun, palm trees, mountains, and
some guy kite-surfing... what more could you ask for?
Here we are, on the beach.
We walked along the beach for a really long ways. At the end there
were a bunch of beach volleyball courts. We managed to bum a volleyball
from someone and hit it around a little.
After a while, we walked back to the car and got lost in Santa Barbara.
Eventually we found our way to a marketplace and got dinner.
The next day, it was back to the conference in LA.