| Foxen Canyon Road |
| From Santa Maria take Betteravia Road east (turns into Foxen Canyon Road) |
| Follow the river bench road thru Garey and Sisquoc |
| A mile before the Sisquoc Church look for the Fremont Adobe Monument on the right. |
| A mile past the Sisquoc Church look for the Foxen Home 'monument'. |
| Enjoy the drive past the Fess Parker Winery & Tasting Room. |
| Always looking for Foxen Canyon, take the last piece into Los Olivos. |
| On the return trip try taking Zaca Station Road to Foxen Canyon Road... |
| Pass the road to (Private)Zaca Lake and go sharp left on Alisos Canyon Road. |
| Right on Hwy 101 to Los Alamos and for a gourmet lunch try the Quackenbush Cafe. |
| El Camino Cielo Road |
| From Los Olivos go south on Hwy 154 (we drove south out of town on Grand Ave. |
| Alamo Pintado Road will get you to Hwy 154, Los Olivos and Solvang too! |
| Hwy 154 past Lake Cachuma to San Marcos Pass. Left on Kinevan Road/Camino Ceilo. |
| If you miss this turn take the(last chance!) West Camino Cielo and turn around or... |
| You'll have another (dangerous!) last chance to turn left to reach Painted Caves... |
| Coming up Hwy 154 from Santa Barbara one can easily take a right... |
| Finally, the Cielo Store is no more, but I got a photo of the sign! |
| There's a nice lookout from a pullout on the left-hand side with a Big Pine. |
| Well-signed Painted Caves Road after a few miles. |
| Single-lane road to the site just off the road. |
| You may run into traffic coming up from Santa Barbara. |
| Look for the rusty gate to Knapp Castle |
| Head back after that, the road has too many potholes! |
| Just past a vista point on the way down turn right at Paradise Road. |
| Paradise Store even has some live music in the evenings! |
| Past 2 campgrounds (well-guarded!) is a picnic area(free!)
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| Roads around Santa Ynez Valley |
| As you come north, down from Lake Cachuma take a right on (Armour)Ranch Road. |
| Alamo Pintado Road will get you to Hwy 154, Los Olivos and Solvang too! |
| If you find yourself too long on Happy Canyon Road (and run into Alisos Road)... |
| Turn back to Baseline Road (that's easy to miss). |
| Take Baseline Road all the way to Hwy 154 and Edison Road. |
| Turn left on Edison Road, cross Hwy 154, then right on what will be Baseline Road again! |
| In Ballard right before Alamo Pintado Road, turn right(north). |
| On Schoolhouse Court or Lewis Street, you'll run into the Ballard school house. |
| Continue south(left) on Alamo Pintado Road to the Quicksilver Miniature Horse Ranch! |
| You'll run into the road to Solvang... turning right(west) past Mission Santa Ynez. |
| In town, turn right on Atterdag Road and past the Hans Christian Anderson Park. |
| It'll turn into Chalk Hill Road and the Danish cemetery is on the left. |
| This road turns into Ballard Canyon Road which will eventually return you to Los Olivos. |
| Work your way right(east) back into town and Grand Avenue. |
