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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 County
Gibraltar Rock Waterfall
A seldom flowing waterfall in the Los Padres National Forest, below Gibraltar Rock, on a small tributary of Rattlesnake Canyon creek.The pool at the foot of the falls.
Posted in Santa Barbara County
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Tagged Hiking, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, waterfalls
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Ice Company Ads (1920s)
This post is an addition to a previous entry about the history of the ice can stoves found in California’s Los Padres National Forest (The Ice Can Stove: A Brief History). These are makeshift wood burning stoves made from old sheet … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara County, Ventura County
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Tagged Backpacking, Hiking, History, Ice Can Stove, Los Padres National Forest
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Oyster Mushrooms
Harvesting oyster mushrooms in the mountains of Santa Barbara County. I’m just some lunatic macaroni mushroom, is that it? —Joe Pesci With recent rains having finally fallen after the usual long dry period in these parts, and the winter transformation … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara County
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Tagged Foraging, Hiking, Mushrooms, Nature, Oyster Mushrooms, Photos, Pics, Wild Edibles
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Chumash Grinding Stone
I found this Indian grinding stone or metate yesterday afternoon while on a hike in the Santa Barbara backcountry.
Posted in Santa Barbara County
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Tagged Artifacts, backcountry, Chumash, Grinding Stone, Hiking, Hiking (2), History, Indians, Metate, Mortar
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The Ice Can Stove: A Brief History
An uncommon version of an ice can stove fitted with a large chimney cap and a damper on the flue. In backcountry campsites scattered throughout the Los Padres National Forest in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties lie the rusty remains … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara County, Ventura County
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Tagged backcountry, Backpacking, Camping, Hiking, History, Ice Can Stove, Los Padres National Forest, Non-fiction, Photos, Pics
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