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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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“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”
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“There was no telling of the sun, save for the one cold, dim, and even light that lay on every corner of the land and made no shadow, and the silence was close by and all around . . .” … Continue reading →
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Tagged Figueroa Mountain, Hiking, Hiking (2), iPhoneography, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Outdoors, Ranger Peak Trail, Santa Barbara
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