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100° Hike

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Jack Elliott

Santa Ynez Valley viticulture as seen on drive to trailhead. It’s an ordinary summer day. It’s not one of those media hyped heat wave events, but it’s supposed to be hot out. Such forecasts don’t really apply to the backcountry, … Continue reading →

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Rolling with Little Ms. E, Sequoia National Park

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Jack Elliott

You have to be committed to push a stroller along a rocky mountain trail for two miles up and down a small canyon, while wearing flip-flops. Or maybe you just need to be committed. The trail began as a three-foot-wide … Continue reading →

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Hand Caught Trout in the Sierra

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Jack Elliott

“There’s a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot.” —Steven Wright With our long ago planned outing thoroughly drowned in a week’s worth of forecasted Oregonian rain, we decided on an alternative eleventh hour fallback … Continue reading →

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Orange Fire, Blue Twilight Along Sisquoc River

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Jack Elliott

“You know to be silent in the wilderness. It is that which matters, to learn to live with silence.” —Louis L’Amour, The Californios (1974) Lying in the dirt beside the campfire, a long hard day’s hike from the nearest road, … Continue reading →

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Astray Again on White Mountain II

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Jack Elliott

(. . .continued from Astray Again on White Mountain I) Late afternoon view looking east from White Mountain. “The general rules of life clearly state that if you’re ready for something, it won’t happen and if you ain’t ready, it … Continue reading →

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