Tag Archives: Outdoors

Dane Reynolds Surf Slash

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Jack Elliott

A sequence of shots from January 2012:

Posted in Santa Barbara County, Ventura County | Tagged Beach, Ocean, Outdoors, Pacific Ocean, Photos, Pics, Sea, Surf, Surfing, Waves | 2 Comments

Deal Canyon, Rancho Nuevo Canyon 17 Mile Day Hike

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Jack Elliott

The trail we hiked through California’s Dick Smith Wilderness. David Stillman and I recently hiked the Deal Canyon/Rancho Nuevo Canyon trails. Five years after the Zaca Fire destroyed most of the forest, with sooty deadfall logs lying about and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara County, Ventura County | Tagged Adventure, Backpacking, Camping, Chumash, Dick Smith Wilderness, Hiking, Hiking (2), Indians, iPhoneography, Los Padres National Forest, Native Americans, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Pictographs, Rock Art | 14 Comments

San Ysidro Trail

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Jack Elliott

A section of San Ysidro Trail under the oaks in the Montecito Foothills, Santa Barbara County, California.

Posted in Santa Barbara County | Tagged Hiking, Hiking (2), Montecito, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pics, Trails | 3 Comments

Camping Out in California: Pine Mountain Narrative (1887)

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Jack Elliott

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 | 8 Comments

Gaviota Coast Sunset

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Jack Elliott

Gaviota Coast, Santa Barbara County A sunset view of the edge of the continent along the Pacific coast north of Santa Barbara, railroad tracks reflecting the light.