Road trips are a thing this time of year and I took one fun enough to share. It was about 4.5 hours each way, enough to call it a road trip but quick enough to be easy. Along my way to Monterey with my wife, I was joking and laughing about us coming from one overpriced, touristy beach town to another of the same caliber. We agreed that what makes Santa Barbara attractive to us also makes Monterey a fun place to visit. I actually had some work to…