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Tag Archives: Landscapes
Dragon’s Back Ridge, Carrizo Plain
Coiled barbwire on Carrizo Plain I drove out to the Carrizo Plain National Monument after a few days of intermittent rain showers. It is a semi-arid grassland of several hundred thousand acres that remains today, for the most part, as … Continue reading
Posted in San Luis Obispo County
Tagged Carrizo, Dragon's Back Ridge, Hiking, Hiking (2), Landscapes, Nature, Photos, Pics, San Andreas Fault
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Potrero Seco Camp, Dick Smith Wilderness, Los Padres National Forest
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Backpacking, Camping, Dick Smith Wilderness, Hiking, Hiking (2), Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Photos, Pics
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Godwin Canyon, Los Padres National Forest
The gateway to Godwin Canyon. I hiked up Godwin Canyon a few days ago. It’d been about a year since I’d been up thataway and in that time somebody slapped together some sort of sloppy grow set-up. I came across … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Godwin Canyon, Hiking, Hiking (2), iPhoneography, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Pine Mountain
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