Tag Archives: Nature

Astray Again on White Mountain

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Jack Elliott

White Mountain on the far right. It had been almost twenty years since I last made the short hike from Gibraltar Road to White Mountain. A couple of friends and I hiked up to its rocky crags for an afternoon … Continue reading →

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Alice Keck Park Park

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Jack Elliott

I went to Starr King preschool in downtown Santa Barbara, which is across the street from Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens shown in the photo above. As a little kid I came to know the public ornamental gardens as Alice … Continue reading →

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Cachuma Mountain, Los Padres National Forest

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Jack Elliott

The view looking at Hurricane Deck from Cachuma Mountain on Monday afternoon. Looking east from the slope of Cachuma Mountain. The, or a, route up Cachuma Mountain. A butterfly decided to fly through the frame. It kept circling around and … Continue reading →

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Dragon’s Back Ridge, Carrizo Plain

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Jack Elliott

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 →