Tag Archives: Travel

Honeysuckle in the Highlands

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Jack Elliott

Honeysuckle in the woods of Scotland. “Wherever there is suddenly more light, flowering plants also try their luck, including honeysuckle. Using its tendrils, it makes its way up around the little trunks, always twining in a clockwise direction. By coiling … Continue reading →

Posted in Scotland | Tagged Forests, Hiking, Honeysuckle, Nature, Outdoors, Scotland, Travel, Walking, Wilderness, Wildlife | 7 Comments

Condor Cave Reference On Redwood Log, Disney California Adventure Park

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Jack Elliott

Chumash pictograph, Santa Barbara County “Native people drew spiral pictographs—sets of concentric rings radiating out from a center—on cave walls and rock shelters in locations where they are illuminated by the rising sun on the winter solstice. Solstice ceremonies, such … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara | Tagged Adventure, Archaeology, backcountry, Chumash, Hiking, History, Indians, Native Americans, Nature, Pictographs, Travel | 4 Comments

Farewell To The Rock, Gibraltar Party Place

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Jack Elliott

El Roca Grande circa 1909 overlooking the Santa Barbara littoral, Pacific Ocean and Santa Cruz Island in the distance. Note the metal poles and cable handrail. “In the 1970s this was The Place. Well, if you were a teenager on … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara | Tagged Adventure, History, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Non-fiction, Outdoors, Rocks, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Mountains, Travel, Writing | 2 Comments

Chumash Stone Bowl

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Jack Elliott

“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12 – Jesus, did you?” —Stephen King, “The Body” I spent an inordinate amount of time at the beach when I was ten and eleven … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara | Tagged Adventure, Archaeology, Artifacts, Beach, Chumash, Indians, Native Americans, Ocean, Outdoors, Santa Barbara, Travel | 6 Comments

US Coast Survey Patterson Camp Inscription Vandalism (1873)

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Jack Elliott

Inside a cave in the Santa Ynez Mountains on the Gaviota Coast somebody carved an inscription memorializing the United States Coast Survey of 1873. The name is apparently in reference to Carlile P. Patterson, the Hydrographic Inspector for the USCS … Continue reading →