Tag Archives: Hiking

The Carrizo Experience: Ten Hours on the Plain III

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Jack Elliott

This post is third in a series. Read the first here: The Carrizo Experience: Ten Hours on the Plain I: Ruminants on the Range. And the second here: The Carrizo Experience: Ten Hours on the Plain II: The Bedrock Mortars … Continue reading →

Posted in San Luis Obispo County | Tagged Archaeology, Carrizo, Chumash, Hiking, History, Indians, Mortars, Pictographs, Rock Art | 3 Comments

Rose Canyon Video Clip

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Jack Elliott

Here is a short iPhone-shot video clip of Rose Canyon I took back in December, but never published. The video goes with the previously posted recount of that trip, which will give some background information on why I was filming … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Santa Barbara County | Tagged backcountry, Backpacking, Camp, Camping, Forest, Hike, Hiking, Landscape, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Outdoors, Rose Canyon, Rowe's Gulch, Video, Wilderness | Leave a comment

The Carrizo Experience: Ten Hours on the Plain II

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Jack Elliott

This post is second in a series. Read the first here: The Carrizo Experience: Ten Hours on the Plain I: Ruminants on the Range. Selby Rocks as seen from the Caliente Range, Selby Campground on the left at the foot … Continue reading →

Posted in History, San Luis Obispo County | Tagged Archaeology, Carrizo, Hike, Hiking, History, Indians, Landscape, Mortars, Native Americans, Nature, Photography, Pictographs, Pronghorn, Rock Art, Rocks, Selby Rocks, Writing | 4 Comments

Condor Point

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Jack Elliott

Condor Point There had been a spring up there at one time. Condor Point Spring seeped up through cracks in the sandstone, flowed weakly across the mossy slab of bedrock and into a long, broad concavity. The steady trickle puddled … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Santa Barbara County | Tagged Central Coast, Condor Point, Condors, Dos Pueblos Canyon, Ellwood Canyon, Gaviota, Goleta, Hiking, Mountains, Naples, Ocean, Pacific, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Mountains, Silhouette, Sunsets, Vista, Vultures, West Camino Cielo | 6 Comments

Matilija Unmentionable

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Jack Elliott

One of the less glamorous, unnamed cascades in the Matilija Wilderness. Compared to the other nearby more well known Matilija waterfalls this cascade is less spectacular and visited less often, but it still serves as a decent destination for the … Continue reading →