Santa Barbara has some of the best hiking anywhere, and lots of it!
Lots of hiking trails are listed here with maps, topos and directions to the trailhead. Print out what you need and take it with you.
Then, come back and talk about your adventure.
This weekend, Cesar Chavez holiday weekend, Trailhacker, Beeman and I hiked the Whiteledge Loop.
I set off ahead of everyone for a little solo hiking. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny spring day. I sunburned the back of my neck pretty bad, but it felt so good to feel a warm spring day I didn't care.
The plan was to do some trail maintenance work on the Hurricane Deck Trail. We did some, but the rain came in the middle of the day so there's a big section in the middle between Whiteledge and Lost Valley that you have to bend over to get through. Maybe next time.
We got very wet and cold in the rain. Hurricane Deck isn't kind to cheap rain ponchos. It rained all afternoon and off-and-on during the night. In the morning we headed back to our cars and home again. A lovely little weekend adventure.
There are more pictures and more of the story here.
Is now a book!
My trail journal from Santa Barbara to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail
My trail journal on the Pacific Crest Trail