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Winter Solstice Victory ride at Live Oak
The view we love, looking out from the Live Oak trail toward Lake Cachuma on the horizon.
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La Purisomnia Mule Trail
The most beautiful visual from the overcast day were the stands of opuntia cactus, with their fruit still golden and not yet ripened to crimson.
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Ellwood Devereux Mesa Open Space Sojourn
Pat and Tobe take a tour of a place we all know well, Ellwood Devereux Mesa.
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Cuclillo de Tierra Trail at Mission La Purisima
Once again the weather calls us up North to Mission La Purisima, often reliably cooler and overcast making for pleasant rides.
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A Slow Stroll at La Purisima
Pat and Tobe Mule went for a ride to see the seasonal changes at La Purisima Mission above Lompoc.
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Mule Trail Ride at the Vandenberg Space Force Base
Tobe Mule and Pat had the opportunity to ride around the grounds of the Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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Brown Ranch in Los Olivos with the SYVR
Time for a visit to a slower pace of life up to Foxen Canyon in Los Olivos at the Brown Ranch where cows amble and coyotes howl between the more civilized neighboring acres of famous vineyards.
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Mule Trail Ride: Huasna Endurance
Pat details a ride on the 30,000-acre Huasna Land and Cattle Company private ranch out East of Arroyo Grande.
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Mountain Trails at Midland School with SYVR
Tobe Mule and Pat ventured up and over to the Santa Ynez Valley, where a bright sunny day awaited to explore the trails on the 2,860-acre property of the Midland School.
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Legend of the Lost Calf
A lost calf was stuck on the Live Oak Camp side of the fence that divides the public lands from the Rancho San Fernando Rey property.
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Live Oak with the SYVR
Pat and Tobe took a mule ride with the Santa Ynez Valley Riders at Live Oak.
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Blue Skies Over Live Oak
The first mule ride of 2022 included blue skies over Live Oak
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Last Mule Ride of 2021
The last mule ride of 2021 took place at La Purisima Mission on December 19th.
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The Gaviota High Way
Pat and Tobe take a ride looking out to the sea and one of the oil platforms, the high view from Gaviota State Park, at Las Cruces where the 101 and 1 split.
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Where the Wild Things Go
Seeing the wild Bucking Horses at Live Oak is always a special thrill.
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Live Oak Life MeetUp
Pat shares a lovely trail ride through Live Oak Camp at Lake Cachuma near Santa Ynez.
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Pismo Oceano Mule Ride
Pat and Tobe took a trip up north and rode along the Oceano Dunes of Pismo Beach.
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Gaviota Pass Mule Ride
The mountains that form the Gaviota Pass, bringing Highway 1 out to the Central California coastline above Santa Barbara.
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Mule Trail to Los Flores Ranch
Pat and Tobe joined ten riders at Los Flores Ranch, eight miles south of Santa Maria in the Solomon Hills in Northern Santa Barbara County.
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Baron Ranch on the Gaviota Coast
Pat and Tobe explored the Baron Ranch on the Gaviota Coast.
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Fog Blog of the Gaviota Coast
Pat and Tobe trekked through the fog of the Gaviota Coast.
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Viva La Purisima Plantlife
Pat and Tobe tracked through a little-used side trail on the grounds of La Purisima Mission.
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7/11 at La Purisima
On a day too hot to ride elsewhere we chose to explore the forests and back trails of the La Purisma, where it was comparatively cool and shady.
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Independence Day MeetUp at Los Flores Ranch
Looking West from an observation point on Los Flores Ranch, to the seacoast under a marine layer of fog near Santa Maria.
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La Purisima Muy Caliente
On a hot summer day, Pat and Tobe the Mule rode the grounds of Mission La Purisima in Lompoc.
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Mule to M.A.S.H. in Malibu
Pat and Tobe took a tour of the set where M.A.S.H. was filmed in Malibu Creek State Park.
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Mother's Day MeetUp at Rancho Oso
An opportunity to follow a cool and shady trail on Mothers' Day, through the white oaks in the acres surrounding Rancho Oso, a Thousand Trails Resort on the Santa Ynez River above Santa Barbara.
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Beltane Exploration of La Purisima
Another mule trail ride through oak trees on a path at the La Purisima Mission.
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Mule Trail Ride to Live Oak
The MeetUp Conquers took a ride up the Live Oak Chalk Hill Summit last weekend.
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Mule Trail: Paramount Movie Ranch with MeetUp & ETI
Pat went a trail ride at the Paramount Movie Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Agoura.