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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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“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”
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Tag Archives: Beach
Surf Fishing For Halibut
Throwin’ lures for flatties on a late afternoon rising tide. Related Posts: Halibut 48 Pound White Seabass
Santa Barbara Channel Bathymetry
Divins, D.L., and D. Metzger, NGDC Coastal Relief Model, Retrieved March 25, 2011, http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/coastal/coastal.html. Download provided by the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System http://sccoos.org/data/bathy
The Flotsam Remains
In the late afternoon I went for a walk on the beach as the tail end of the storm was blowing through. There was a wide assortment of debris and trash washed ashore along with a few other oddities. A … 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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