Originally Posted By lori
Originally Posted By rockchucker22
The sespe above Ojai is awesome easy hiking next to water. Closer than Santa Barbara, or Matilja creek.


Make sure it's in the winter after enough rain, or early spring... I hiked out of there in early fall with 110F temps and not a drop of clean water in the "river" - just gooy tepid pools here and there.


Thanks Lori and Rockchucker,

I am pretty much zeroing in on this hike. I think I have my wife sold on it. Things have cooled off here quite a bit. The Santa Ana's seem mostly gone, but looking at the Los Padres NF website it is still pretty dry out there. Class IV fire restrictions are still in effect; meaning no campfires and stoves only in specified campgrounds. I am going to have to wait for some rain. I wanted to avoid that because of the possibility of flooding conditions mentioned. I think I will play it by ear and watch the weather closely.