{"id":824,"date":"2017-05-11T22:47:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T22:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/?p=824"},"modified":"2019-03-15T15:43:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T15:43:46","slug":"gaviota-peak-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/?p=824","title":{"rendered":"Gaviota Peak Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-826 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.07.08-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.07.08.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.07.08-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.07.08-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gaviota Peak is awesomely situated among juxtaposed mountains and ocean, about a 20 minute&#8217;s drive from where I used to live in Santy B. The turnoff for it is right near the famous Gaviota tunnel, featured in the <em>The Graduate<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_825\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-825\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-825 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/graduate36-300x129.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/graduate36-300x129.jpg 300w, http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/graduate36.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Graduate<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I have driven through this tunnel many times, always appreciating the characteristic bare rocky peaks of Santa Barbara County.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-827 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.08.42-e1494542602591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1021\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.08.42-e1494542602591.jpg 1021w, http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.08.42-e1494542602591-300x130.jpg 300w, http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.08.42-e1494542602591-768x332.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail heads up the north side with views of sloping hills and agriculture, and loops back down through rocky mountains and ocean views.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-828 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.18.52-e1494542706723.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1018\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.18.52-e1494542706723.jpg 1018w, http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.18.52-e1494542706723-300x166.jpg 300w, http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.18.52-e1494542706723-768x425.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The color of the hills changes drastically with the seasons. The hills are pretty brown here in October, but in Spring they turn bright green after the rains. And yellow with mustard!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-829 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.04.48-e1494542301108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"811\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.04.48-e1494542301108.jpg 811w, http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.04.48-e1494542301108-300x139.jpg 300w, http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.04.48-e1494542301108-768x356.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail is about a 6-mile loop and also features wind caves! A stop in Solvang for pastries makes for a perfect weekend morning expedition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-831 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.43.25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.43.25.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.43.25-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2015-10-11-09.43.25-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are super adventurous, there are reportedly hot springs near the trailhead, though I haven&#8217;t checked them out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaviota Peak is awesomely situated among juxtaposed mountains and ocean, about a 20 minute&#8217;s drive from where I used to live in Santy B. The turnoff for it is right near the famous Gaviota tunnel, featured in the The Graduate. I have driven through this tunnel many times, always appreciating the characteristic bare rocky peaks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,4,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":838,"href":"https:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions\/838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}