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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: Ocean
The Waxing and Waning of Campus Point Beach
The view from the cliffs in June 1969 looking up the beach toward Campus/Goleta Point in the distance and showing a huge accumulation of sand. The red dot shows the location where the photos below were taken from. March 1975. … Continue reading →
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Beach Sunset à la ‘Cito
Looking southeast from Miramar Beach in Montecito beneath a waxing gibbous.
Gaviota Coast
November rain showers off the Gaviota Coast. Related Posts: Paleopit, Surfing Cetaceans, Refugio Beach Sunset, Rincon Point Sunset, Miramar Beach Sunset
Freediving For Spiny Lobster
We’re in the midst of the frantic first four days of lobster season. Those initial 96 hours when recreational fishermen get a jump on the commercial trappers. And, in my experience, piss off a few of them by taking what … Continue reading →
Paleopit
In deep west of the Good Land. Pipe cleaner shot from the beanie cam.













