Tag Archives: Dick Smith Wilderness

Dick Smith on Forest Access

Posted on September 30, 2026 by Jack Elliott

Kiddin’ around on La Cumbre Peak, the warm apricot glow of that slanted winter light. “And it was one of those days in the high pines when the sun and sweet breeze get into your underwear.” —Don DeLillo, Underworld (1997) … Continue reading →

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Wind Poppy (Papaver heterophyllum)

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Jack Elliott

Rancho Nuevo Canyon, Dick Smith Wilderness (Early May, 2012) “It is possible to be indifferent to flowers—possible but not very likely. Psychiatrists regard a patient’s indifference to flowers as a symptom of depression. It seems that by the time the … Continue reading →

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Indian Creek Waterfalls and Narrows

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Jack Elliott

Santa Barbara backcountry “My companion and I, for I sometimes have a companion, take pleasure in fancying ourselves knights of a new, or rather an old, order, —not Equestrians or Chevaliers, not Ritters or Riders, but Walkers, a still more … Continue reading →

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Potrero Seco Camp, Dick Smith Wilderness, Los Padres National Forest

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Jack Elliott
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Deal Canyon, Rancho Nuevo Canyon 17 Mile Day Hike

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Jack Elliott

The trail we hiked through California’s Dick Smith Wilderness. David Stillman and I recently hiked the Deal Canyon/Rancho Nuevo Canyon trails. Five years after the Zaca Fire destroyed most of the forest, with sooty deadfall logs lying about and the … Continue reading →

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