{"id":1676,"date":"2014-03-31T15:46:55","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T19:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2015-03-29T17:05:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T21:05:45","slug":"santa-to-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=1676","title":{"rendered":"Santa to the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Julia, Deb and I saw this Santa along the 101 on our way for a day trip to Santa Barbara.\u00a0 After some relaxing time, wine sampling and a great lunch we stopped on the way back to LA.\u00a0 It was puzzling why this Big Santa was located there in Nyeland Acres on Ventura Blvd. alongside the 101.\u00a0 I still don&#8217;t have answers to that but it is the starting point for the &#8220;Santa to the Sea&#8221; half marathon.\u00a0 I looked at their website and was pretty impressed, they use the entry fees to but toys for kids and give scholarships to deserving high schoolers.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1677\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/14santa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1677\" data-attachment-id=\"1677\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?attachment_id=1677\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/14santa.jpg?fit=2880%2C1944\" data-orig-size=\"2880,1944\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;James J Hejl&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1396291608&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Santa to the Sea\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;14santa &#8211; 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