What a healthy and nice way to expose people to this beautiful part of Santa Barbara. I would rather see a healthy retreat than an oil rig on Paradise road. I don’t think some hot weather and flies are deterrents. Everyplace has its non-ideal moments wether it is fog, rain, noise, bed bugs, or floods. The folks who live at Paradise road love it.
So if they get funding, permits and anyone wants to pay top dollar to be off the grid( in a less than spectacular place) they might open in a couple years. Got it
Isn’t this land owned by the Forest Service?
I agree with you about the flies and heat....outsiders have not a clue ... and then the fires!!
do you have Elon DS??
pasquale, Ranch Oso, thousand trails is very much still open
💯 . Better be some watering holes too. The unbearable fly bites will not be relaxing. Summer months they should close. Way too hot.
Please know I am interested!!
Absolutely LOVE Bossies! So good. So happy they are back! Can hardly wait to go get their yummy vegetarian plate and their cookies are Devine. ;-)
Great idea. keep me posted
Interesting concept. I lived in the canyon for many years. It was a community in those days (not that long ago actually). It's not that way anymore. The cabins are expensive now and the community has lost its ecleptic roots be side of it... The diversity of culture has disappeared and there isn't even the old watering hole Paradise Store left. The flies never left, neither did the 100 plus degree breeze less days, and yes, some of them without power. Even Thousand Trails gave up. Do the canyon a favour, let it be. Let it return to it's simple man and woman hideouts and bohemian roots. Does Santa Barbara really need another 'eco resort '?
Supposedly people who don’t live in and around SB like to come to visit on occasion - perhaps this business is aimed at those people?
GEICO is issuing new policies no problem
What a nonsense comment. Of course people care about insuring their homes, especially when they’re 8 figures.
I guess whoever came up with this plan never spent the warmer months up here when the little flys drive you out of your mind. Hardly restful. How about when SCE regularly turns off the power. Are they going to be running generators day and night? Nothing eco friendly about that. Dumb idea.
E-foils? Do we really need any more e- anythings?
Sounds very nice.
Bounce house is legit. Parking is a whole thing though so be prepared. Really fun for kids and adults and I like that they separate it into age groups to keep things orderly. Lots of shade and if the Gyro vendor is there again, it was one of the best I’ve ever had!
Sue, I agree with you 100%. As one who lives on a street with a 25 mph limit but speeders all day long, I have been fighting for over 20 years for speed humps. We have had multiple cars sideswiped & totaled (the majority hit & runs), fences taken out, dogs hit, and still nothing but 2 speed limit signs. None of that is enough to stop the speeders, many who are actual neighbors. Not sure what it takes anymore.
Wowsers, this was a hard one!
Just don't get the point of a place like this in such close proximity to paradise. We have on offer all of these things, there for the taking every day all year long. If you have to be forced into hiking and treat it like the Bataan Death March going over to the other side of the foothills isn't going to help.
If you’re thirsty, it’s too late. Perhaps it’s better to integrate nature and health into your lifestyle now and save on a two-week retreat. I love the idea of Santa Barbara returning to its origins as a center for recovery and respite.
Joe's Cafe
Mountain Trek Inc has had this up for years! https://mountaintreksy.com/
Here is a link to make your own Dubai Bar!
https://www.notquitenigella.com/2024/09/16/dubai-chocolate-recipe/
