-
Join 939 other subscribers
-
“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
-
“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”
Search Jack’s Blog
Recently Read
- Sulfur Mountain Oil Seeps, Ventura County
- Eating Poison Oak
- About
- Rock Art Ramblin', Searching For Chumash Pictographs
- Indian Head Test Pattern (1939)
- Arrowhead Springs, Drought Resistant Summer Seep
- Largest West Coast Tsunamis Generated in Santa Barbara Channel
- Fire Poppy, Baron Ranch Corridor
- Fitzgerald's Fit: Man Leads Work Crew To Wreck Montecito Hot Springs
- Sitiptip Flat, Los Padres National Forest
Photos from the blog
This slideshow requires JavaScript.
-
Latest Dispatches
- Bald Eagle, Manzana Creek, San Rafael Wilderness
- When Rains Fall, Will USFS Close Our Forest? The Coming El Nino
- Language of Forest Closure; Assault on an Ancient Right
- March of the Mustard; The Spread of Noxious Weeds
- Mark of Conquest II: Benchmark and Mortar
- Save Old Mission Sycamore … __ __ __ …
- Raking the Forest: Anderson, Trump, Kuyper
- Initials of J.D. Reyes (1907)
- Last California Grizzlies Seen In Santa Barbara National Forest? (1926)
- Eccentric Artifact, San Marcos Foothills Preserve
- Fog Drip Morels
- Naming Santa Barbara’s Modoc Road
- Mark of Conquest: Benchmark and Mortar
- Hat Tip to the Selfless Samaritans In Service to Others
- The Intelligence of Coyote Tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata)
Lunar Phase
Tag Archives: Oak Trees
The Crackling Oak Forest of Aliso Canyon
A stand of charred oak trees on an elevated flat overlooking the Santa Ynez River. The White wildfire was touched off by careless recreationists barbequing at White Rock Day Use Area in May 2013. A thick and lumpy Pacific marine … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara County
|
Tagged Aliso Canyon, Hiking, iPhonography, Landscapes, Nature, Oak Trees, Photos, Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Ynez River, Wildfires, Writing
|
8 Comments
Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure 