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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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Indian Wells Canyon, Southern Sierra
A view of the ridgeline running down from Owens Peak, which was named by Major General John C. Fremont after Richard Owens, a captain who served in his California Battalion during the Mexican-American War. During the war Fremont captured the … Continue reading
Posted in Kern County
Tagged Hiking, History, Indian Wells, iPhonography, Landscapes, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Southern Sierra, Travel, wildflowers
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Life and Death in a Creek
Murky and mossy, slow-flowing summertime creek. With the southern Los Padres National Forest currently undergoing its characteristic seasonal broil, and being too brutally hot and dry for hiking many miles, there are a few cooler, less visited nooks I like … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged Crawdads, Creeks, Fish, Hiking, Mountain Lion, Nature, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Photos, Steelhead, Trout, Turtles, wildflowers
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