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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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“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”
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Category Archives: Santa Barbara
Buckeye Butterfly
A buckeye butterfly (Junonia coenia) on a coreopsis flower at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum’s Butterflies Alive exhibit.
Oil Seeps at Carpinteria, California
Oil seep at Carpinteria State Beach. “Cabrillo’s description of the Chumash of the Santa Barbara mainland is the oldest ethnohistoric document concerning California Indians.” —The Natural World of the California Indian, Robert F. Heizer & Albert B. Elsasser, University of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Cabrillo, Carpinteria, Chumash, de Anza, History, Indians, Native Americans, Oil, Petroleum, Photos, Pics, Portola, Tar Pits
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Lone Wandering
Santa Barbara County Backcountry “Two or more people disturb the ecologic complex of an area. I had to go alone and I had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying his house on his back.” —John Steinbeck Travels … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, Backpacking, Camping, Hiking, Hiking (2), John Steinbeck, Landscapes, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pics, Wilderness
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Eating Fire Roasted Yucca
A yucca flower spike in full bloom. “There is a great deal of century plant of the species which the Mexicans call mescali. The mode of using it is as follows: they make a hole in the ground, fill it … Continue reading →
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Tagged Backpacking, Camping, Chumash, Foraging, Hiking, History, Indians, Native Americans, Nature, Spanish Explorers, Traditional Knowledge, wildflowers, Yucca
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Annular Solar Eclipse
As the moon moved in front of the sun the daylight noticeably waned, and the landscape took on the warm-colored glow of late afternoon winter light, though with less intensity and an eerie shadowy cast to it. While you could … Continue reading →
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Tagged Annular Solar Eclipse, Astronomy, Eclipse, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Sunsets
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