When my Husband asked me what plans we had for the morning after the concert, I realized that I really wanted to return to a place we had visited just 1 time. The Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens in Mission Valley.
Our friends from Phoenix introduced us to the ancient way the residents of the Santa Barbara Mission received their water.
They routed the water via aqueducts, to get it down the canyon.
So we drove up behind the mission and got to the Botanic Gardens.
It has a field of poppies and purple lupine, right in the front and we definitely stopped to take some photos.
Also, check out that killer view of the Santa Ynez mountain range right behind it.
As you follow the trail toward the dam and the creek, you pass through a grove of Sequoia trees, which is not something I have seen often.
As we walked through the area, we found a bench and sat down.
I couldn't resist and I looked up. It was gorgeous and so worthy of a photo.
I hope you enjoy it.
By the way, there was almost no water in mission creek. Darn!
Here are some photos of the dam and creek from their website, so you can see what it can look like.
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