2009 (Apr 25) Montecito Peak, Los Padres NF, Santa Barbara

SnowDude has been teaching classes to the Australians for a few weeks in Goleta. I drove up to spend the weekend with him, and check out the mountains in the Santa Barbara area. We hiked to Saddle Rock, then top of the ridge where we found a road, then bagged Montecito Peak and came out at Cold Spring and followed the road back. Nice l ...

Updated: Apr 28, 2009 9:28pm PST

2009 (Apr 26) Goleta Beach, Ostriches, Emus, and The Hitching Post, from "Sideways"

Yesterday was my longest hike since before surgery, so I was ready to take it easy. We slept in, then went to Goleta Beach to check out the wildlife before heading north for Buellton. We checked out the Ostrich and Emu farm to kill time, then went to The Hitching Post, where "Sideways" was filmed. We both took a nap in the parking lot ...

Updated: Apr 29, 2009 7:41pm PST