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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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Tag Archives: Carrizo
Dragon’s Back Ridge, Carrizo Plain
Coiled barbwire on Carrizo Plain I drove out to the Carrizo Plain National Monument after a few days of intermittent rain showers. It is a semi-arid grassland of several hundred thousand acres that remains today, for the most part, as … Continue reading
Posted in San Luis Obispo County
Tagged Carrizo, Dragon's Back Ridge, Hiking, Hiking (2), Landscapes, Nature, Photos, Pics, San Andreas Fault
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The Carrizo Experience: Ten Hours on the Plain IV
This post is the fourth and final installment in a series. Read the first here: Ruminants on the Range. The second here: The Bedrock Mortars of Selby Rocks. And the third here: The Pictographs of Painted Rock. An aerial view … Continue reading
Posted in San Luis Obispo County
Tagged backcountry, Carrizo, Hikes, Hiking, Hiking (2), Landscape, National Monuments, Nature, Photos, Pics, Salt Flats, Soda Lake, Sunsets, Wilderness, Writing
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The Carrizo Experience: Ten Hours on the Plain III
This post is third in a series. Read the first here: The Carrizo Experience: Ten Hours on the Plain I: Ruminants on the Range. And the second here: The Carrizo Experience: Ten Hours on the Plain II: The Bedrock Mortars … Continue reading
Posted in San Luis Obispo County
Tagged Archaeology, Carrizo, Chumash, Hiking, History, Indians, Mortars, Pictographs, Rock Art
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The Carrizo Experience: Ten Hours on the Plain II
This post is second in a series. Read the first here: The Carrizo Experience: Ten Hours on the Plain I: Ruminants on the Range. Selby Rocks as seen from the Caliente Range, Selby Campground on the left at the foot … Continue reading
Posted in History, San Luis Obispo County
Tagged Archaeology, Carrizo, Hike, Hiking, History, Indians, Landscape, Mortars, Native Americans, Nature, Photography, Pictographs, Pronghorn, Rock Art, Rocks, Selby Rocks, Writing
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Carrizo Plain Wildflowers: Temblor Range, San Luis Obispo County
The Carrizo Plain was officially designated a National Monument a decade ago today on January 17, 2001. Vast. Silence. Perhaps no two words more aptly describe the Carrizo Plain. As I stopped the engine and stepped from my truck I … Continue reading
Posted in San Luis Obispo
Tagged Carrisa, Carrizo, Landscapes, Nature, Photos, Pics, San Luis Obispo County, Tales, Temblor Range, wildflowers
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