Gaviota Wind Caves

We're still in the "winter storm" seasons of California (aka occasional showers and cloudy skies), which is nowhwere near what the East Coast is getting (see previous post), but does make it challenging to get out hiking.

This weekend we decided to make a break for it and drive up to Santa Barbara where we like to enjoy both walking around town and hiking in the nearby hills. I looked up www.localhikes.com and found a few good candidates. We picked the Wind Caves in Gaviota.

It's a moderate hike with great views of the surrounding hills and ocean, lots of flowers (at least this time of year) and the wind-eroded caves that give the hike its name.

Plenty of great scenery.

These are the second set of wind caves on the hike.

Inside a wind-swept cave.

The view back towards the ocean.