13-February 2009 to 14-February 2009: I think it was almost eight or nine years ago since the last time Julie and I spent any bit of time in the Santa Barbara area for Valentine’s Day. Back then, we weren’t waterfallers and we basically spent the time doing what most people do on this Hallmark occasion – you know, flowers, dinner, Bed & Breakfast, and just killing time by the beach and in their downtown area.

But this time, we decided to go for some waterfalls that have always haunted us since they were tantalizingly close enough to us, but we always had something that kept us from going to “Sandy Barber” whether it was our fear that the falls wouldn’t be flowing, we were busy doing something else, whatever… So this time, we committed to this little bit of an excursion by paying for an accommodation (not cheap) a little over a week ago. Back then, the weather called for cloudy skies, but as the week progressed, it called for rain on the days we’d be there.

Doesn’t it always seem like something is conspiring to keep us from seeing the best waterfalls here?

• Day 1: FROM POURING RAIN TO VERY CLEAR SKIES
• Day 2: THE ADVENTURE IS ON

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