Tag Archives: Hiking

Eating Fire Roasted Yucca

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Jack Elliott

A yucca flower spike in full bloom. “There is a great deal of century plant of the species which the Mexicans call mescali. The mode of using it is as follows: they make a hole in the ground, fill it … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara | Tagged Backpacking, Camping, Chumash, Foraging, Hiking, History, Indians, Native Americans, Nature, Spanish Explorers, Traditional Knowledge, wildflowers, Yucca | 4 Comments

Lower Yellowstone Falls

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Jack Elliott

Lower Yellowstone Falls A recent photo from Clint Elliott, who was up in Montana last week. The Clint Elliott Files: Canoe Camping Along the Green River, Utah — Canoe Campin’ and Fishin’ in Minnesota — Goddard Campground: The Lost Jewel of West Camino Cielo … Continue reading →

Posted in Montana | Tagged falls, Hiking, Hiking (2), Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, waterfalls, Wilderness, Yellowstone | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Santa Barbara County, Ventura County | Tagged Adventure, Backpacking, Camping, Chumash, Dick Smith Wilderness, Hiking, Hiking (2), Indians, iPhoneography, Los Padres National Forest, Native Americans, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Pictographs, Rock Art | 14 Comments

San Ysidro Trail

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Jack Elliott

A section of San Ysidro Trail under the oaks in the Montecito Foothills, Santa Barbara County, California.

Posted in Santa Barbara County | Tagged Hiking, Hiking (2), Montecito, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pics, Trails | 3 Comments

Camping Out in California: Pine Mountain Narrative (1887)

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Jack Elliott

A man by the name of John R. G. Hassard wrote the following narrative of his “camping expedition of sixty-eight days” in the Ventura County backcountry of California. As an aside, Ventura County was created on January 1, 1873 and … Continue reading →