Santa Barbara

The beautiful mission

Large aloes in bloom on the mission grounds.

Light fixture suspended from an interesting piece of art.

Near the start of Cold Spring Creek Trail.

View on the way up.  Channel Islands and oil platforms.

About 2/3rds of the way up, near this large eucalyptus tree, I had to abandon my plan to continue on to Montecito Peak.  There wasn't enough daylight left for that.

On the hike down.  This was after I sprained my ankle.

Blue whale skeleton outside the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.