Tag Archives: Writing

Astray Again on White Mountain

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Jack Elliott

White Mountain on the far right. It had been almost twenty years since I last made the short hike from Gibraltar Road to White Mountain. A couple of friends and I hiked up to its rocky crags for an afternoon … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara County | Tagged Hiking, Hiking (2), iPhoneography, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Non-fiction, Photos, Pics, Tales, White Mountain, Writing | 14 Comments

Carrizo Tom

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Jack Elliott

The Carrizo Plain in the hinterlands of San Luis Obispo County, CA as seen from atop the I first drove the road 12 years ago. Over the years since then I’ve seen more pronghorn antelope than people out thataway. One … Continue reading →

Posted in San Luis Obispo County | Tagged Carrizo Plain, Landscapes, Nature, Non-fiction, Photos, Pics, Sunsets, Tales, Writing | 5 Comments

Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: A Female Robinson Crusoe (1897)

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Jack Elliott

Map of California coast showing Santa Barbara Channel Islands In 1835, a ship set sail from San Nicolas Island off the California coast, 78 nautical miles south by southeast of Santa Barbara, and headed for the mainland forcibly removing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ventura County | Tagged Channel Islands, Chumash, History, Indians, Lone Woman San Nicolas, Native Americans, Nicoleno, Non-fiction, Writing | 4 Comments

Project Sespe Creek Connect: Stage II, Middle Sespe

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Jack Elliott

Dry Lakes Ridge in morning light. Stillman and I worked down the second helping of our Sespe Creek project on Monday. It was a quick half-day, in-and-out through middle Sespe from Tule Creek to Piedra Blanca Trailhead. Once passed the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ventura County | Tagged Creeks, Hiking, Hiking (2), Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pics, Sespe, Writing | 9 Comments

Gladiator Games of Bulls and Bears: Sport of Roping Grizzlies (1911)

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Jack Elliott

This post is the fourth and final entry in a series: First: Gladiator Games of Bulls and Bears: A California Blood Sport (1800s) Second: Gladiator Games of Bulls and Bears: Recollections of Jacinto Damien Reyes (1880) Third: Gladiator Games of Bulls and … Continue reading →