Tag: santa barbara
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The Many Colors of Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara is beautiful. A quick Google search or peek outside my window reveals cloudless skies over the Pacific Ocean and prominent Santa Ynez Mountains, streets lined with palms and purple flowers, Spanish Colonial buildings with whitewashed walls and orange clay tile shingles, and happy, healthy, eccentric Southern Californians with fire in their hearts and…
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Relocation Pains and Self Awareness
I’m lonely in this unfamiliar place. My life is in my car; I’m living out of a hotel; and the only thing I have is my job. Friends and family are scattered across the planet, and all positive growth momentum feels abandoned in Santa Barbara. I can find good things in Los Angeles. Already: endless…
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Santa Barbara Swimming Holes
Personal Favorites Red Rocks Three Pools beyond Seven Falls Ojai Hot Springs Gaviota Hot Springs Swimming Holes (link) Seven Falls Red Rocks Sespe Gorge Running Water (link) Manzana Creek Red Rocks Seven Falls West Lion Creek East Fork Lion Creek Matilija Creek Upper Tar Creek Lower Tar Creek
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My first Bikram Yoga class!
It’s 3:30pm and I’m crouched over my toilet contemplating relieving my stomach of it’s biscuits and gravy contents. I can’t decide whether a full stomach or throat sore from bile would be more unpleasant while contorting my body for 90 minutes in a crowded, 105 degree sauna. I kneel over the toilet with an “I’m…
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Inspiration Point Challenge
This is a log of my trials with Inspiration Point, roughly 1.7 miles of trails with 800ft elevation gain to one of the most beautiful views of Santa Barbara. 2010.07.09 Successfully jogged from distant parking area about 0.5 miles below starting point to Inspiration Point in 33 minutes, 5200 steps, estimated 2.3 miles, estimated over…
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Santa Barbara Hikes: Inspiration Point
Inspiration Point Hike Tunnel Road Trailhead 3.5 miles round trip 800ft elevation gain This beautiful hike is my favorite in Santa Barbara. It’s 3.5 miles round trip with an 800 ft elevation gain from the Tunnel Road Trailhead. It’s beautiful view of the city, the ocean and the Channel Islands make it especially popular for…