Tag Archives: Camping

A Feeling of Aliveness Hard to Find In Any City

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Jack Elliott

Sunset in fall, Los Padres National Forest. Rich sensory perception is the essence of human existence and it occurs in nature more strikingly than perhaps anywhere else. In the remote, less visited tracts of unsettled land exists a feeling of … Continue reading →

Posted in Tales | Tagged Backpacking, Camping, Hiking, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Wildlife, Writing | 6 Comments

The Sisquoc Falls: A Little Known Region in California Explored (1884)

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Jack Elliott

Sisquoc Falls, located in a restricted condor sanctuary in the San Rafael Wilderness, is officially off-limits to the general public. The following narrative was originally published in the Santa Maria Times in 1884. It chronicles the bushwhacking exploratory adventure of … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara County | Tagged Backpacking, Camping, Hiking, History, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Photos, San Rafael Wilderness, Sisquoc River, Writing | 6 Comments

Deluge and Drought In Santa Barbara County

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Jack Elliott

Cachuma Lake at Bradbury Dam, September 2013. The reservoir is well below the floodgates and currently less than half full. It seldom rains in Santa Barbara. “Probably the most striking feature of Santa Barbara County,” a story published in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara | Tagged Backpacking, Cachuma Lake, Camping, Drought, Hiking, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Photos, Precipitation, Rain, Writing | 1 Comment

Piss Pot Flat Campground

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Jack Elliott

P-Bar Flat Campground along the upper Santa Ynez River began as a private hunting camp around 1916. It was originally known as “Piss Pot Flat,” a name taken from a chamber pot that hung on a post and was used … Continue reading →

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Hand Caught Trout in the Sierra

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Jack Elliott

“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 →