Tag Archives: Santa Barbara

Fire Poppy, Baron Ranch Corridor

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Jack Elliott

Posted in Santa Barbara | Tagged Fire Poppy, Hiking, Hiking (2), Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Outdoors, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Mountains, Wilderness, wildflowers, Wildlife | 2 Comments

Parks Management Co’s Selective Fee Enforcement

Posted on May 15, 2024 by Jack Elliott

A valley of mixed woods, Condor National Forest, Santa Barbara County. RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara | Tagged Camping, Davy Brown, Figeuroa Mountain, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Nira, Outdoors, Parks Management Company, Santa Barbara, US Forest Service, Wilderness | 2 Comments

Otter Point, Gaviota Coast

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Jack Elliott

Posted in Santa Barbara | Tagged Beach, Gaviota Coast, Hiking, Nature, Ocean, Outdoors, Santa Barbara, Sea Otters, Surf, Wilderness, Wildlife | 3 Comments

Ridgetop Tank, Santa Ynez Mountains

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Jack Elliott

The ephemeral pool forms on the bedrockhigh on a sandstone ridgehundreds of feet above the creek, otherwise filling the canyon with the sound of its rushing water,but for the displaced croak of frogshole up in a lone pond in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara | Tagged Hiking, Hiking (2), Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Outdoors, Rocks, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Mountains, Wilderness, Wildlife | 2 Comments

California Name Origins: Joseph Wood Krutch, The Forgotten Peninsula (1961)

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Jack Elliott

Detail of Nicholas de Fer’s map from 1705 showing Santa Barbara Channel. An excerpt from The Forgotten Peninsula: A Naturalist in Baja California (1961) by Joseph Wood Krutch detailing the suspected origins of the name California: Most of the place … Continue reading →