Jesusita Fire, Santa Barbara

Despite the fires, Javier and I headed north to Santa Barbara this weekend for a half marathon we were running in Santa Ynez (40 miles outside of SB). Lucky for us, the air was clear and the race was on. The course was gorgeous-winding roads and rolling hills through wine country (followed by a full day of aches, pains and slow recovery). We did get evacuated from our hotel in SB, and ended up staying in Lompoc the night before the race.

We were hoping to get in some house hunting along with other preparations for the move, but the fires put a halt to all that. Luckily when we left yesterday, things seemed to be getting back to normal around town, with evacuations being lifted in most areas.

Ash-covered cobweb...