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Fun Waterfall Adventure from Failed Hot Springs Trip: Santa Barbara Backcountry

Friday morning (towards the end of a huge storm - over a foot of rain over just a few days) I decided to try do a trip to Big Caliente Hot Springs, but unfortunately the discharge in the Santa Ynez was much to intense to safely cross. Initially, I tried driving up to Romero Saddle along Gibraltar Road, but there was a landslide blocking the road before Flores Flats, so I decided to back trail and take Highway 154 up to East Camino Cielo Road, which I drove out to Romero Saddle along. Most of this trip was me jogging / hiking along the Romero Camuesa road (the dirt road down from the Divide Peak Route). I was the only person out there all day as far as I could tell. I saw a bunch of waterfalls jogging down, and when I got to the Santa Ynez River, I did scout out spots to cross at, but it all looked much too dangerous (I think I'd have been able to do it in a survival situation, but this wasn't one of those). I found a mouse that was stuck, but I wasn't able to save it. After that, I did some exploring and I found a big threatened California Red-legged Frog, which was good to see. Unlike the bullfrogs, these frogs are native. I did a few mud baths, some mushroom hunting, and some showers in the waterfalls. I added some of Blue Canyon Trail onto the route, but in the end, it was much shorter than what I had planned. I was hoping to do a long hot spring trip with more milage, but that might not be safe until maybe a few weeks depending open how consistent the crazy flow in the Santa Ynez River is. It was still fun to explore the Los Padres National Forest in this area after the storm. I've seen some of these falls flowing, but never quite like this.