At the end of the trail was a beautiful waterfall and pool. This canyon was at east 10 degrees cooler than the rest of the trail. We liked it so much that we also hiked up there the next day.
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I figured I'd get the obligatory blurred background photo out of the way early.
The water tumbling down towards the top of the photo is probably about 100 feet up.
One of my favorites. The water, ferns and rocks all at the same angle.
It was hard to show the scale of this because the canyon was so narrow at this point, that I couldn't get very far away.
Cat tails along the Santa Ynez river. I didn't post any photos of it, because it would spoil Friday's post.
Jimson Weed (Datura)
The southern California version of the blue jay. It's called a Scrub Jay.
They don't make airplanes out of empty beer and soda cans, but they still have a very interesting story. This is James and Nikki. We met them at the campground. They are from New Zealand and have been living in England for several years. They quit their jobs in England and are on their way back home to New Zealand, via the U.S. They've been here for about 4 months driving around in a rented RV. They've driven it thousands of miles and have had a bunch of experiences. Some good and some bad. I was going to make this a much better post, but I'm too tired...
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