next report       June 5   After packing and moving out of our housing at the Chumash Indian Reservation, we began walking just a few blocks away at the Santa Ynez High School on Monday, June 5. Our walk today involved some quite treacherous stretches of highway. We walked along Highway 154, which we had been hearing about for the past week or so. People we¹re a bit surprised to hear that we would be walking through that area. After doing it, it was a bit obvious why people were concerned. The road was winding and narrow, but not enough to slow the cars down. So, they blew past us at speeds exceeding 55 mph. While driving support towards the end of the day, I came up with a great idea to slow people down­cause traffic jams. I would wait until I could see a long line of cars coming and then pull out in front of them in our 15-passenger van and drive about 40 mph. Once I passed the walkers I would turn around and do it all over again. It was rather fun and it made people slow down enough to read our signs. The best part of the day was yet to come. We moved into our new housing in Montecito, which we knew was going to be great, but we had no idea how great. La Casa de Maria in Montecito was our next home, which is an 11-acre, multi-denominational retreat center complete with orchards, swimming pool, several meditation rooms, and more and more and more. We would be staying here for six nights, which is the longest stretch we¹ve ever had at one place. I was a bit afraid that we might be spoiled by the end of the week, but we deserved it. They gave us an entire dormitory-Casa San Ysidro­that sleeps about 50 people, has a living room, eight showers, a huge kitchen and a huge dining room. We were happy to say the least ... probably something closer to ecstatic. We also met Kevin Young who coordinated our whole week in Santa Barbara. He had recently began Santa Barbara Friends of Tibet. He and his family brought carry out Indian food for dinner. Thank you. We could tell it would be a promising week. Oh, I almost forgot to mention, he made sure our frig was stocked with food and ice cream, which also rocked.
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