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Hand Caught Trout in the Sierra
“There’s a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot.” —Steven Wright With our long ago planned outing thoroughly drowned in a week’s worth of forecasted Oregonian rain, we decided on an alternative eleventh hour fallback … Continue reading
Posted in Sierra
Tagged Backpacking, Camping, Fishing, Hiking, iPhoneography, Nature, Photos, Pics, Sierra Nevada, Trout, Wildlife, Writing
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Guadalupe Valley Waterfall, Mexico
A waterfall located on the outskirts of the Guadalupe Valley in Mexico, a noted wine making region just outside of Ensenada. The falls pour into Agua Caliente Canyon, so named, officially or unofficially I’m not sure, for the natural hot … Continue reading
Posted in Mexico
Tagged Backpacking, Camping, Guadalupe Valley, Hiking, Hiking (2), Nature, Photos, Pics, Travel, Valle de Guadalupe, waterfalls
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Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure 