Now more than ever getting unplugged and spending time outdoors with family is so important for mental and physical health. Our family was in need of some travel therapy, and our recent trip to Santa Barbara delivered that not only by reconnecting us with nature, but also by fulfilling our goal to learn a few new things along the way. To facilitate a safer visit, we read the Santa Barbara Healthy Traveler Guide and stuck to these guidelines during our trip. As a COVID precaution, we kept our windows wide open, wiped down all spaces with sanitizer wipes and declined any housekeeping throughout our stay. We wanted our trip to be full of time in the great outdoors, so all of our activities were both family-friendly and naturally socially distanced. Santa Barbara Adventure Company’s seaside bike tour was a brilliant way to carefully introduce us to the coastal splendor of …