Tag Archives: Hiking (2)

Bending the Map in Bear Canyon (Sespe Wilderness)

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Jack Elliott

Falls “Whenever you start looking at your map and saying something like ‘well, that lake could have dried up,’ or ‘ that boulder could have moved,’ a red light should go off. You’re trying to make reality conform to your … Continue reading →

Posted in Ventura County | Tagged Hiking, Hiking (2), Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Sespe, Wilderness | 11 Comments

Chumash Grinding Stone

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Jack Elliott

I found this Indian grinding stone or metate yesterday afternoon while on a hike in the Santa Barbara backcountry.

Posted in Santa Barbara County | Tagged Artifacts, backcountry, Chumash, Grinding Stone, Hiking, Hiking (2), History, Indians, Metate, Mortar | 5 Comments

Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Jack Elliott

I flushed this sucker out of the bushes a few days ago when stomping through the brush. He trotted out into a small clearing and up onto a low rise in the land, where he then sat and watched me … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara County | Tagged Foxes, Gray Fox, Hiking, Hiking (2), Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Wildlife | 2 Comments

Two Arches, Gaviota Coast

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Jack Elliott

I hiked to the two arches amid the rocky crags of the Gaviota Coast. Along the way on the ridgeline leading to the arches, there is a mountaintop grassy flat shaded by a few gnarled, lichen covered oak trees that … Continue reading →