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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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Tag Archives: Nature
Salmon Choking the Santa Ynez (1896)
Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (c) Timothy Knepp – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The following newspaper brief was published in the San Francisco Call on March 11, 1896 and testifies to the way things once were not all that long ago … Continue reading →
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Tagged Fish, Fishing, History, Lompoc, Nature, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Salmon, Santa Ynez River, Steelhead, Trout, Wildlife, Writing
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Mussel Harvest At Low Tide: Modern Man, Ancient Practice
It’s been 80 degrees the last few days; winter in Santa Barbara. The negative low tides of winter offer a great chance to get the kids out on the beach exploring tide pools and instill in them a curiosity and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Beach, Chumash, Foraging, History, Indians, iPhoneography, Mussels, Nature, Ocean, Seafood, Wildcrafting, Writing
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Montecito Peak, Santa Ynez Mountains
Montecito Peak, Santa Ynez Mountains Numerous parked cars line the road at the trailhead when I arrive one September morning. Several people in different small groups linger about getting ready for a walk or returning therefrom. A few voices resonate … Continue reading →
Oyster Mushrooms
Wind carved tunnel through soft sandstone. We spent yesterday morning wambling our way through the brush, up a shady wet canyon and back down the canyon, up an adjacent exposed sunny ridge over and down again the same canyon. Over … Continue reading →
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Tagged Foraging, Hiking, Mushrooms, Nature, Oyster Mushrooms, Wildcrafting
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Rock Art Ramblin’, Searching For Chumash Pictographs
David Stillman standing at the base of the second fall in a series of waterfalls which flow when it rains. So we go and so it is, around this bend and that, up over and down under and around we … Continue reading →
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Tagged Archaeology, Chumash, Hiking, Indians, iPhoneography, iPhonography, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Photos, Pictographs, Rock Art
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Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure 