Tag Archives: Hiking

Cuyama Badlands

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Jack Elliott

With the fog’s unrelenting grip on the immediate coast yet again this summer, I drove out to the Cuyama Badlands the other day to enjoy some heat and blue skies. It had been a year since my last venture specifically … Continue reading →

Posted in Ventura | Tagged Camping, Cuyama Badlands, Cuyama River, Cuyama Valley, highway 33, Hiking, Hiking (2), Lockwood Valley Road | Leave a comment

Trail Up Mt. La Cumbre (1914)

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Jack Elliott

A postcard from 1914 depicting the La Cumbre Trail, the construction of which was paid for by the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce sometime around the turn of the nineteenth century. The trail began on Mountain Drive and wound its … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Hiking, History, La Cumbre Peak, Photos, Pics, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Mountains | 2 Comments

Sage Hill to Santa Cruz Guard Station

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Jack Elliott

(April 17/19, 2011) The alarm was set to shatter the silence of the wee hours, but I woke before it went off after a half night’s restless sleep. My backpack sat on the couch in the living room loaded for … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara | Tagged Aliso Canyon, Backpacking, Calochortus, Hiking, Nature, Photos, Santa Cruz Creek, Tales, wildflowers, Writing | 1 Comment

Chumash Camp

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Jack Elliott

I headed into the forest in late afternoon with three hours of light left. It was dead calm in the lower reaches of the canyon and I could see that it rained the day before. Upside down oak leaves still … Continue reading →