Topatopa bluff from Mira Monte, Ojai Valley, October 22, 2014.
Topatopa bluff, Pink Moment, East Ojai Valley, October 19, 2014.
Bluff station, 20 miles from anywhere on the closed Buckhorn Forest Service road, August 14, 2014.
San Rafael Wilderness from the Buckhorn Forest Service road, August 14, 2014.
Sespe Hot Springs Canyon, view north, March 20, 2014.
Sespe Hot Springs Canyon, view south, March 20, 2014.
Sespe Hot Springs Canyon from Johnston Ridge trail, March 20, 2014.
Sespe Hot Springs Canyon panorama from Johnston Ridge trail, March 20, 2014.
Bear Creek camp, Sespe River trail, March 21, 2014.
Logamarsino cabin at Willet camp, Sespe River trail, March 19, 2014.
View west up Sespe Creek a short distance east of Hartman camp, March 21, 2014.
Leading lines and far diagonal rock formations in an unnamed place along an unnamed tributary of the Sespe, February 2, 2014.
Unnamed place along an unnamed tributary of the Sespe, February 2, 2014.
DIagonal lines and tree in an unnamed place along an unnamed tributary of the Sespe, February 2, 2014.
Spotted Owl on surveillance duty in a rock alcove in Salisbury Canyon wash, November 2, 2013.
Dick Gibford, The Cowboy Poet, works the ranch at Salisbury Portero with his equine partner, Ramblin' Jack Elliot while contemplating Craig R. Carey's book, "Hiking and Backpacking Santa Barbara and Ventura." November 2, 2013.
Morning in the Sierra Madre Mountains near Salisbury Potrero, November 2, 2013.
The heros of Bull Ridge return to Salisbury Potrero, November 2, 2014.
Night in the Sierra Madre Mountains, Southern Los Padres National Forest, California, November 1, 2013
View from Cuyama Peak toward Dick Smith Wilderness, October 29, 2013.
View from Cuyama Peak toward the Cuyama Valley, October 29, 2013.
Dry Canyon in the morning, October 29, 2013.
Medium telephoto view from Cuyama Peak of a Cuyama Valley geologic feature, October 29, 2013.
View from Cuyama Peak toward the Cuyama Valley, October 29, 2013
Dick Smith Wilderness and Sierra Madre ridge from Cuyama Peak, October 29, 2013.
Cuyama Peak lookout, October 29, 2013.
Big Pine - Sierra Madre Forest Service road junction at Santa Barbara Potrero, view east: 1800' descent to the Big Pine Road gate in Alamo Canyon, May 16, 2013.
Madulce trail, Madulce ridge, Madulce peak from the Madulce trail junction at BIg Pine Forest Service road, May 16, 2013.
Looking north over Santa Barbara Potrero from the Big Pine - Sierra Madre road junction, May 16, 2013.
Panorama, Carpenteria, drilling platforms, Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands from Santa Ynez ridge, March 22, 2013.
Carpenteria, drilling platforms in the Pacific Ocean and Santa Cruz Island from Santa Ynez ridge, March 22, 2013.
The view north to Monte Arido from Santa Ynez ridge; Divide Peak is far frame right (east), March 22, 2013.
Murietta Creek, March 22, 2013
Murietta drainage, March 17, 2013.
The Murietta Five, March 17, 2013.
Sunset, Chumash WIlderness, Sheep Camp, April 28, 2012
Sunset over the Cuyama River, Chumash Wilderness, Sheep Camp, April 29, 2012
Panoramic photograph from the top of the Don Borad trail on Topatopa bluff. The hike began and ended at the Sisar Canyon trail head. This field of view is approximately 180 degrees swept west to east with north almost dead center. This is a two row by ten frames per row panorama.
Sespe Creek gorge from Chorro Grande trail, August 18, 2011.
Santa Barbara Canyon from the top of Heartbreak Hill. November 15, 2011.
Potrero beyond the top of Heartbreak Hill. November 15, 2011.
Madulce Cabin site, November 16, 2011.
This is the view of Madulce Station a traveler would see arriving from Don Victor or Dutch Oven in the spring of 1983. Given that said traveler would likely be beaten to hell coming from either of those places, this idyllic glade of comfort would be a welcome sight. I have posted a Madulce Station retrospective photo gallery.