Tag Archives: Los Padres National Forest

Mono Narrows Camp

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Jack Elliott

Mono Jungle under early morning fog. I walked so much I wore down my feet— Do you know how weird that feels? —Shel Silverstein, “Foot Repair” A dense marine layer clings to the Santa Ynez Mountains as I putter up … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara County | Tagged Backpacking, Camping, Hiking, iPhoneography, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Mono Creek, Nature, Photos, Pics | 6 Comments

Indian Creek Waterfalls and Narrows

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Jack Elliott

Santa Barbara backcountry “My companion and I, for I sometimes have a companion, take pleasure in fancying ourselves knights of a new, or rather an old, order, —not Equestrians or Chevaliers, not Ritters or Riders, but Walkers, a still more … Continue reading →

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Mountain Pools

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Jack Elliott

Several pools along a tributary of Sespe Creek.

Posted in Ventura County | Tagged Creeks, Hiking, iPhoneography, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Photos, Pics, Sespe Wilderness, Streams, Swimming Holes, waterfalls | 1 Comment

Wild Cucumber, Trout and Pictographs

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Jack Elliott

Wild cucumber (Marah macrocarpus, previously called Echinocystis macrocarpa), also known as Manroot or Bigroot, was called molo’wot’ in Barbareño Chumash and chilicote in Spanish. Got it? “And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah; for … Continue reading →