Ep 225. Ventura River Preserve Ojai California #ojai #hike

The Ventura River Preserve in Ojai, California is a place where wildness is still allowed to breathe. Morning light settles gently across the valley, pooling in the meadows and catching the slow drift of dust left by mule deer crossing the trail. The river itself—sometimes a bold rush after winter storms, sometimes a quiet ribbon beneath smooth boulders—winds through cottonwood groves and sycamores, their leaves flickering like coins in the wind.

Hikers, riders, and families move through these paths knowing they’re guests in a landscape older than the town beside it. The air carries…

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