Visit to the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens

We visited the SB Botanic Gardens today. It was incredible to see what had been damaged in the Jesusita Fire. A vast portion of the Gardens were damaged and/or destroyed by the blaze.
The contrast between the new growth and the burned, charred trees and vegetation was amazing.

It was a still a beautiful site even with all of the fire damage it withstood during the last (of many) fires we have experienced around here.



Walking through the Redwoods:







A burned out tree trunk:



The Lassiter boulder - amazing to find a connection to Anne's family in Santa Barbara!



Tom tried out his Christmas present: a child backpack. Now, Cyanne can ride in style and comfort!





A huge portion of the Gardens were burned in the fire. You can see the new growth contrasted against the burned trees and shrubs. It burned right down the creek bed and burned all trees, plants, and bridges in its path.




Richard and Cyanne discuss how her shoe fell off in the first place and whether to put it back on. Richard's doing his best to convince her it would be a good idea...





View towards the ocean: