Ojai, CA- We drove up Rte 33 towards the Los Padres National Forest and the drive was beautiful. Huge mountains, misty, foggy, a whitewater stream running alongside the road. It reminded me a lot of the Appalachians. We continued to the point that the road was closed due to a mud slide the day before at a campground. We're high in the mountains, near the San Andreas Fault. It's cloudy, misty and very different from the desert we've been in lately.  We went back into Ojai and walked around the downtown area. We stopped at the Los Padres Forest Service office for some info. We found out the road that is closed by mudslide is estimated to be closed for 6 to 8 weeks. Some pretty serious damage. The spots along the road that were one lane were a result of last years "hundred year" flooding. We've been running into the result's from last years flooding all over this region.  

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