Roughin' It In the Rugged Outdoors

This past Friday, I headed a bit north of Santa Barbara to El Capitan Canyon (http://www.elcapitancanyon.com/) with a few friends. Nickki found this place on the internet so we all got away for the night to celebrate her bday. It was great to get away from the wildfire air and hang with the girls. This was my first experience with camping (for those hard core campers - I know that cabins with beds and bathrooms don't really constitute camping).

Each cabin had a firepit and picnic table. Here's Jami, Nickki and Dionne cooking up some chicken, beans and garlic bread for dinner. We had s'mores for dessert.

Here's a shot of the cabin from the loft.

Here's a shot of the loft.

Nickki, Diane and I woke up early the next morning and went for a "mountain bike type of terrain ride" along the beach. Yep those are cruisers (El Capitan Canyon rents them out for free). It was a good workout.

There are a couple of different camping options. You can rent a tent structure or a few different types of cabins.

Happy birthday Nickki!!!! Hope your weekend was the BEST!!!