US101 North in Santa Bárbara County

This is a few miles south of Gaviota. The mountains are forest land. The peach colored rocks seem to cover most of the coastal mountains in the Santa Bárbara area.

The Gaviota tunnel in Santa Bárbara County is on the northbound side only. The southbound side is the newer side, and it was added when US101 became a divided four lane highway.

 
This is Gaviota summit  (960'.)
In a heavy rain year it is super green like this.
Note the orange wildflowers in the center divide. They're most prolific in a heavy rain year, but in almost every year, they appear around March or April. This is just west of Lake Cachuma.

This is the hill country north of 135 in Los Alamos.

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