Staying at a Dude Ranch - The Circle Bar B

Our last horse stay was at the Circle Bar B Guest Ranch in Goleta, CA near Santa Barbara,
http://www.circlebarb.com/

The stalls for the horses were roomy and clean with automatic water and off the ground feeders.

Horse board was full service.  Horses were fed and stalls mucked by staff.

The staff here are extremely friendly and hospitable.

We stayed in a small cabin with a private bath.  It was a lovely room.

The cabin had a small sitting area in the front.

The view from the front porch was lovely of the Santa Barbara Mountains.

All meals are included during your stay and we had a nice place setting at the table so we knew where to sit.

The trails were primarily sand and clay, not too rocky.  We rode up to the top of the ridge where we could see the Pacific Ocean in the distance.

There were two or three small waterfalls to admire from the trail.

We rode by this sign which said that it was the Joqain Murrieta hanging tree 1853.  Murrieta was an outlaw who lived in the area.  He died in a shoot-out with the US Army.

At the top of the mountain, we rode through a swarm of miner bees.  This was the first time I had experienced this type of bee swarm.  They didn't sting us or the horses.  The swarm covered the ground of the trail.  The bees just parted to let the horses through.

After our ride in the morning, we spent the afternoon relaxing by the pool.
Ari found a book in the ranches' library to read.  He liked it so much we took it with us.

We spent two days relaxing here and it was a great choice.