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Tag Archives: Backpacking
Searching for Soul Outside the Cage
Stillman walking point in the San Emigdio Mountains. “The environment we’re used to is designed to sustain us. We live like fish in an aquarium. Food comes mysteriously down, oxygen bubbles up. We are the domestic pets of a human … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged Backpacking, Hiking, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Photography, Photos, San Emigdio Mountains, Santa Ynez Mountains, waterfalls, Writing
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Reyes Peak and Haddock Mountain, Sespe Wilderness
Motorcycle accident victim being airlifted to hospital from Highway 33. On my way up Highway 33 to Pine Mountain I came around a corner and was flagged down by Los Padres Fire whose engine was stopped in the northbound lane. … Continue reading
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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