Santa Margarita Ranch Photo Tour I

Yesterday afternoon right after my final Cuesta College Spring 2014 semester final I drove directly to my security job working a wedding at Santa Margarita Ranch from 3 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. Needless to say, it was a productive but exhausting day. I had a spare half hour before work and elected to get on-site and be in position to work before something could go wrong like car trouble or other such. I decided to spend that time taking these images after I had checked in with ranch staff and was debriefed on the day's duties. Below is what I captured of the Main House structure and grounds as well as of the Big Barn In Back where the wedding dinners are served. The grassy grounds adjacent to the Main House which are not fully pictured here are where the ceremony was held as they usually are.

*Note: this locality (both Main House and Big Barn In Back are both reputed to be haunted). During the day these two structures are innocuous-looking enough but in the middle of the night (I have spent four overnight periods with them in the past) they have a very different vibe that I have not experienced anywhere else on Earth at night.

Main House and front lawn.

Rustic, old Main House has a very different mood in the middle of the night.

East entrance to front porch of Main House.

Some interesting stones line this path to the right and left.

West-looking view of front porch of Main House.

View north from the front porch of Main House with view of front yard and Wedding Green beyond where wedding ceremonies are held (note white fold-up chairs at right).

Eastward view of front yard of Main House.

Main House viewed from northwest corner.

Eastward of front porch of Main House.

Caddywhompus Window internal view.

Earthquake bracing for failing wall in room of south wing of Main House.

Imprints of straw and such in the adobe bricks of a wall in a room in south wing of Main House.

Water tower

Northwestward-looking view of Main House and south wing.

South wing of Main House.

Caddywhompus Window external view.

Fountain at northwest corner of Main House.

Windmill adjacent to the Wedding Green.

Westward view of the Big Barn In Back.

Big Barn's south side room with stalls view looking west.

Classic old carriage.

Big Barn's south side room with stalls view looking east.
All photos by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved).