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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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Holly-leaved Cherries
Holly-leaved cherries (Prunus ilicifolia), seen here in the process of ripening, are a wild grown food that can be foraged in the local mountains. “Prunus ilicifolia is the most common wild cherry in coastal California south of San Francisco Bay, … Continue reading
Posted in Reference
Tagged Backpacking, Camping, Foraging, Hiking, Hiking (2), Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Traditional Knowledge, Wild Foods
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Stumbling Upon Chumash Rock Art
Last week I spent twelve hours hiking around an area of the woods that I was not familiar with and stumbled across a Chumash pictograph site that I did not know existed, and which I had never seen photos of. … Continue reading
Posted in Backcountry
Tagged Chumash, Hiking, Hiking (2), History, Indians, Native Americans, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Pictographs, Rock Art
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Project Sespe Creek Connect: Stage II, Middle Sespe
Dry Lakes Ridge in morning light. Stillman and I worked down the second helping of our Sespe Creek project on Monday. It was a quick half-day, in-and-out through middle Sespe from Tule Creek to Piedra Blanca Trailhead. Once passed the … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Creeks, Hiking, Hiking (2), Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pics, Sespe, Writing
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Project Sespe Creek Connect: Stage I, Upper Sespe
Potrero Seco as seen in morning’s early light, the rugged and parched mountains of the Dick Smith Wilderness seen in the background. The rolling grass covered hills of Potrero Seco in the Sierra Madre Mountains form the upper boundary of … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Creeks, Hiking, Hiking (2), Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Sespe
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Killer King Snake
Out the other day walkin’ down the first stage of a little project we got goin’ on, David Stillman and I came across a California Kingsnake just after it had seized a Gartersnake. We crouched watching as it wrapped it … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Fauna, Hiking, Hiking (2), iPhoneography, King Snake, Nature, Photos, Pics, Reptiles, Snakes, Video, Wildlife
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Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure 