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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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Tag Archives: Wildlife
Return to Whiteacre Peak or Day of the Condor
A long lost condor radio transmitter on Whiteacre Peak. Condors seem to have an eye on Whiteacre Peak in Sespe Wilderness. The first time Stillman (davidstillman.blogspot.com) and I hiked the peak, after having just left the summit, condors came soaring … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Condors, Hiking, iPhoneography, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Photos, Pics, Sespe Wilderness, Wildlife
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A Feeling of Aliveness Hard to Find In Any City
Sunset in fall, Los Padres National Forest. Rich sensory perception is the essence of human existence and it occurs in nature more strikingly than perhaps anywhere else. In the remote, less visited tracts of unsettled land exists a feeling of … Continue reading
Posted in Tales
Tagged Backpacking, Camping, Hiking, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Wildlife, Writing
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Feeding A Scrub Jay
We’ve befriended a scrub jay.
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