UCSB Lagoon Walk - January 20, 2025

A beautiful beach and bluffs were the highlights of this hike. One couldn't help but envy the students on the nearby campus.

Bob enjoys the seascape

The USCB campus from across the lagoon

Santa Barbara Canyon Walks - January 17 & 19, 2025

 Bob and Judy took us on a couple of hikes in local Santa Barbara Canyons. The first was on Mission Creek in the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and the other along San Roque Creek on the Arroyo Burro Trail.

The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden featured only native California plants.

View from the top of the old aqueduct which diverted Mission Creek water to the Santa Barbara Mission.

San Roque Creek

Bob helps Kay cross the creek

Monterey - January 15, 2025

Kay and I flew into Santa Barbara and immediately drove up to Monterey for two nights. It is a delightful coastal community.

Cannery Row

Moss Beach

Lone Cypress

 

 

Icicle River Snowshoe - January 5, 2025

It dumped again the previous night and the morning broke clear with glorious sunshine. So we had to grab the snowshoes and get out in it. We drove up the Icicle to the closed Bridge Creek Camp Ground and followed the River. It was magical; a perfect snowshoe.

The red Ponderosa pine bark is accentuated by the surrounding white. 

Little cabin in the woods

Heading back to the car