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Salmon River, Idaho
The Salmon River, which is the second largest tributary of the Snake River, is also known as The River of No Return. ©Clint Elliott “The Salmon River Canyon is one of the deepest gorges in North America, deeper even than … Continue reading
Stumbling Upon Chumash Rock Art
Last week I spent twelve hours hiking around an area of the woods that I was not familiar with and stumbled across a Chumash pictograph site that I did not know existed, and which I had never seen photos of. … Continue reading
Posted in Backcountry
Tagged Chumash, Hiking, Hiking (2), History, Indians, Native Americans, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Pictographs, Rock Art
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Project Sespe Creek Connect: Stage II, Middle Sespe
Dry Lakes Ridge in morning light. Stillman and I worked down the second helping of our Sespe Creek project on Monday. It was a quick half-day, in-and-out through middle Sespe from Tule Creek to Piedra Blanca Trailhead. Once passed the … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Creeks, Hiking, Hiking (2), Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pics, Sespe, Writing
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