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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
1960s Era Pull-Tab Coca-Cola Can
I found this old Coke can half buried in the leaf mulch, beneath the oak and sycamore canopy in a deep canyon cut by a coastal stream in the mountains above Santa Barbara. On the side it reads, “New! All … Continue reading →
Beachcombing for Fossilized Whale Bones in Santa Barbara County
Related Post: Fossil Hunting on Pine Mountain
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Tagged Beach, beachcombing, Fossils, Ocean, Paleontology, Tales, Whales
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Channel Islands Surfboards Ad in Surfer Magazine (1975)
An advertisement for Channel Islands Surfboards in Surfer Magazine volume 16 number 1 from 1975. Related Posts: Rick Sharp O’Neill Wetsuit Ad in Surfer Magazine (1975)
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Tagged Channel Islands, Channel Islands Surfboards, Ocean, Snapshots, Surf, Surfboards, Surfer, Surfing, Waves
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Great White Shark at Rincon
Spat out of the Santa Barbara Channel, a small Great White shark washed up on the backside of Rincon Point and Bates Beach in July.
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Tagged Beach, Fish, Great White, Ocean, Rincon, Santa Barbara Channel, Shark, Snapshots
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Refugio Beach Sunset and Moonrise, Santa Barbara County
Refugio State Beach, Gaviota Coast, Santa Barbara County, California Related Posts: Palm Trees at Dusk Backyard Sunset Silhouette Backside Rincon Point Sunset Matilija Sunset
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Tagged Beach, Camping, Gaviota Coast, Ocean, Refugio State Beach, Snapshots, Sunsets, weather
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Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure 