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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
Camping Out in California: Pine Mountain Narrative (1887)
A man by the name of John R. G. Hassard wrote the following narrative of his “camping expedition of sixty-eight days” in the Ventura County backcountry of California. As an aside, Ventura County was created on January 1, 1873 and … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Adventure, Adventure (2), Backpacking, Camping, Hiking, Hiking (2), Nature, Non-fiction, Outdoors, Photo, Photographs, Pics, Pine Mountain, Writing
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The Snow Frosted Waterfalls of Rose Valley (+ Video)
I went up to Rose Valley Falls yesterday. It’s a series of two main waterfalls, but only flows with any volume or force during heavy rains or snow melt and immediately there after. Even in those circumstances it’s not a … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Camping, falls, Hiking, Hiking(2), Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Rose Valley Falls, Snow, Video, waterfalls
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Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure 