December 1, 2016

  • Thanksgiving Weekend

    As I often do for holidays, I drove to Santa Barbara for the Thanksgiving weekend.  Driving north on Tuesday was still a long drive -- but nowhere near the struggle that it would have been on Wednesday!  As well as a small turkey dinner, we did a drive over the mountain to Lake Cachuma, the City's water supply.  I've posted photos before, calling it the Lake that Wasn't -- and will post more in a couple of days.  But there are a couple of photos I'd like to post today, just as a teaser.

    On Thanksgiving Friday, as we often do when viewing the lake, we ate lunch at the Alisal Ranch public golf course.  Walking in, I noticed a touch of the type of color more often seen in the East in fall, and captured these shots.

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    And this Tuesday, on my way homeward, I drove Hwy 1 along the coast to Malibu.  There is a spot that I call the sand slide --- not really a sand dune, it is a spot where the hillside has slid toward the ocean, leaving a sand hill.  It's been there as long as I can remember, and people often climb ig and slide down -- on Tuesday, I saw a firefighting group using it as a training venue -- there were about 25 firefighters running up the hill!

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Comments (6)

  • Nice fall color on that tree! We have a kayak run on the St. Joseph river that the area firefighters use to train for water rescues since it has rapids and some strong currents. Everyone has to be prepared!

    • That tree was pretty spectacular, but in this part of the world you only see color like that where it's been planted! Our firefighters train for swiftwater rescues on the LA River whenever it has any water, and for fire fighting in all sorts of venues -- I didn't expect to see them on the sand slide!

  • That last picture brought back memories when we drove Route 1 in that area. I think it was in the early 80s.

    • It was a gorgeous day, with wonderful colors and clear air for that distance shot! I've always been intrigued by that sand slide!

  • Oh, that last shot fills my heart with longing!

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