Bring your best furry friend(s) for a morning walk above the beach on the dog-friendly Douglas Family Preserve. This open space used to be a nursery and was saved from development by Santa Barbara residents wishing to preserve for the community. The Kirk Douglas family was instrumental in helping to raise funds to keep it a public park, and so it was named for the Douglas family. This was spearheaded by Michael Douglas, a UCSB graduate. (Go Gauchos!). If you don't have a pup, there will be plenty to go around! We will start in the far east end of the Arroyo Burro (Hendry's) beach parking lot. (2981 Cliff Drive) Look for the red NEWCOMERS sign. We will walk up to the Douglas Preserve from Cliff Drive east, and enjoy a relaxing stroll around the perimeter and pictures, if we can get the pups to stand still together! This is about 1.5 miles total.  Afterwards, we will gather at Lighthouse Coffee on Cliff Drive for some human refreshments. (1819 Cliff Dr., Suite C )