Monthly Archives: April 2012

Giant Puffball Mushrooms

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Jack Elliott

I went for a hike on Monday and, after several rain showers in the prior weeks, giant puffball mushrooms (Calvatia booniana) had sprouted up everywhere. I stopped counting after coming across fifty of them. They were all well past their … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara County | Tagged Backpacking, Foraging, Forest, Hiking, Hiking (2), Los Padres National Forest, Mushrooms, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Puffballs, Wild Foods | 8 Comments

Cover Photo Contribution For Sierra Club’s “Condor Call”

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Jack Elliott

I contributed a photograph of spring wildflowers on Figueroa Mountain to the local Sierra Club’s newsletter, Condor Call. Editor John Hankins requested it and placed it on the cover for the April/May issue, which can be read in PDF format … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara County, Ventura County | Tagged Backpacking, Hiking, Hiking (2), lupine, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pics, poppies, Sierra Club, wildflowers | 3 Comments

Mountain Sunset

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Jack Elliott

A sunset view over the Pacific Ocean from the Santa Ynez Mountains in Santa Barbara County.

Posted in Santa Barbara County | Tagged Hiking, Hiking (2), Nature, Outdoors, Pacific Coast, Photography, Photos, Pics, Santa Ynez Mountains, Snapshots, Sunsets | 6 Comments

Make Do With What You Have

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Jack Elliott

Big surf headed for the California coast on 4-1-12. (Surfline) Scratching furiously through the choppy rough seas at a point break I was recently surfing, trying to paddle up and over a set wave bearing down on me before it … Continue reading →