Category Archives: Santa Barbara

Freediving For Spiny Lobster

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Jack Elliott

We’re in the midst of the frantic first four days of lobster season. Those initial 96 hours when recreational fishermen get a jump on the commercial trappers. And, in my experience, piss off a few of them by taking what … Continue reading →

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Laguna Blanca Lake

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Jack Elliott

Laguna Blanca lake surrounded by the sprawling green fairways of La Cumbre Country Club. The shifting of earth’s crust along nearby fault lines created the depression known as Laguna Blanca Basin in Hope Ranch, an unincorporated suburb in Santa Barbara … Continue reading →

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Santa Barbara Seen Through A Sailor’s Eyes (1835)

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Jack Elliott

In the following passage taken from his acclaimed travel narrative, Two Years Before the Mast (1841), Richard Henry Dana, Jr. describes landing on the beach at Santa Barbara on January 14, 1835 after a five month voyage from Boston. Dana … Continue reading →

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Paleopit

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Jack Elliott

In deep west of the Good Land. Pipe cleaner shot from the beanie cam.

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Tarantula Hawk

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Jack Elliott

A female tarantula hawk feeding on Doveweed flowers. The female tarantula hawk purportedly inflicts the most agonizing sting of any insect in the United States. It’s one of the worst in the world, actually. And until about a month ago, … Continue reading →

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