-
Join 950 other subscribers
-
“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
-
“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”
Search Jack’s Blog
Recently Read
- Eating Poison Oak
- Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: A Female Robinson Crusoe (1897)
- Mono Narrows Camp
- Matías Reyes, Santa Barbara Mission (1887)
- Old Cold Spring Tunnel (1897)
- A Treasure Hunt For Chumash Pictographs and the Vicious Protector
- Bedrock Mortar On Munson Creek, Pine Mountain
- Rock Art Ramblin', Searching For Chumash Pictographs
- 'Akaka Falls, Hawaii & Cliff Climbing Goby
- White Ledge Peak, Santa Ynez Mountains
Photos from the blog
This slideshow requires JavaScript.
-
Latest Dispatches
- Raking the Forest: Anderson, Trump, Kuyper
- Initials of J.D. Reyes (1907)
- Last California Grizzlies Seen In Santa Barbara National Forest? (1926)
- Eccentric Artifact, San Marcos Foothills Preserve
- Fog Drip Morels
- Naming Santa Barbara’s Modoc Road
- Mark of Conquest; Benchmark and Mortar
- Hat Tip to the Selfless Samaritans In Service to Others
- The Intelligence of Coyote Tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata)
- The Journey of a Root (1907) and Plant Intelligence
- Santa Barbara County Morels
- Hollyleaf Cherries Golden Morph
- Barefoot Prints In Volcanic Ash, Hawaii (1790)
- Skinny-Dipper Detained, Cuffed and Cited at Montecito Hot Springs
- Red Horny Toad
Lunar Phase
Tag Archives: Hiking
Scotland, Shifting Baseline Syndrome & Your Local Wilderness
Glen Sannox as seen from Cir Mor Saddle, Isle of Arran, Scotland. Such scenic sweeping grassland is not natural, but in fact the result of human agency. “The British Isles, a Roman outpost located at the edge of European civilization, was … Continue reading
Posted in Scotland
Tagged Arran, Forests, Hiking, Hiking (2), iPhoneography, Nature, Non-fiction, Pics, Travel, Wilderness, Wildlife
10 Comments
A Great Interval of Silence, Chumash Wilderness
Boilin’ the billy. “Great intervals of silence are evidently conducive to our well-being. A meditative stillness, suggests Gary Snyder, was invented by waiting hunters. Perhaps this reflected the poised and ruminating hush of mothers of sleeping infants. High levels of … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Adventure, Backpacking, Camping, Chumash Wilderness, Hiking, Hiking (2), Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Travel, Writing
13 Comments
A Wander In Hawaii Turns Up Ancient Rock Shelters
The dry wash described below lets out into this small cove on the lee side of the point. “Where you off to?” she asked. “I saw a big crack in the Earth just down the road that looks like it … Continue reading
Posted in Hawaii
Tagged Adventure, Archaeology, Hawaii, Hiking, Hiking (2), History, iPhoneography, Nature, Pics, Prehistoric, Travel
7 Comments
‘Akaka Falls, Hawaii & Cliff Climbing Goby
‘Akaka Falls on Kolekole Stream on the Big Island of Hawaii plunges 442 feet. ‘Akaka Falls may be one of the most remarkable waterfalls in the world. Not because of its impressive height nor natural splendor, but because of a tiny fish … Continue reading
Posted in Hawaii
Tagged Fish, Goby, Hawaii, Hiking, iPhoneography, Landscapes, Nature, Ocean, Travel, waterfalls, Wildlife
4 Comments
Bear Trail Don’t Burn
Two bear footprints worn through dried leaves to the soil beneath in an area burned by the Sherpa Fire along the Gaviota Coast. This print pattern, more distinct in some places than others, continues for some distance along the unburned trail … Continue reading
Posted in Gaviota
Tagged Backpacking, Bears, Camping, Gaviota Coast, Hiking, Hiking (2), Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Santa Ynez Mountains, Wildfire, Wildlife
16 Comments
Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure 