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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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Category Archives: Santa Barbara
Pool Rock, Condor Bird Bath?
Pool Rock holding relatively little water for early March. This pool sits atop an outcrop some 80 feet above the ground. In being similar to other pools that attract(ed) California condors, I suspect that in times past condors made use … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara County
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Tagged Condors, Hiking, Hiking (2), iPhoneography, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Photos, Pics, Rocks
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Astray Again on White Mountain II
(. . .continued from Astray Again on White Mountain I) Late afternoon view looking east from White Mountain. “The general rules of life clearly state that if you’re ready for something, it won’t happen and if you ain’t ready, it … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara County
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Tagged Hiking, Hiking (2), iPhoneography, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Non-fiction, Photos, Pics, Sunsets, White Mountain, Writing
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Astray Again on White Mountain
White Mountain on the far right. It had been almost twenty years since I last made the short hike from Gibraltar Road to White Mountain. A couple of friends and I hiked up to its rocky crags for an afternoon … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara County
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Tagged Hiking, Hiking (2), iPhoneography, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Non-fiction, Photos, Pics, Tales, White Mountain, Writing
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Alice Keck Park Park
I went to Starr King preschool in downtown Santa Barbara, which is across the street from Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens shown in the photo above. As a little kid I came to know the public ornamental gardens as Alice … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara
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Tagged Alice Keck Park, Gardens, Horticulture, iPhoneography, Landscapes, Nature, Parks, Photos, Pics
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Cachuma Mountain, Los Padres National Forest
The view looking at Hurricane Deck from Cachuma Mountain on Monday afternoon. Looking east from the slope of Cachuma Mountain. The, or a, route up Cachuma Mountain. A butterfly decided to fly through the frame. It kept circling around and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Cachuma Mountain, Hiking, Hiking (2), Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Peakbagging, Peaks, Photos, Pics
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