I visited the Ellwood Bluffs (aka Santa Barbara Shores Park) almost a year ago, in late September 2025. I kept returning to these intensely beautiful cliffs above the sea at that time since my partner of 58 years had broken both her ankles at a yoga retreat (yes), and we couldn’t maneuver a wheelchair about in […]
Dan McCaslin, Noozhawk Columnist
Dan McCaslin is the author of Stone Anchors in Antiquity and has written extensively about the local backcountry. His latest book, Autobiography in the Anthropocene, is available at Lulu.com. He serves as an archaeological site steward for the U.S. Forest Service in Los Padres National Forest. He welcomes reader ideas for future Noozhawk columns, and can be reached at cazmania3@gmail.com. The opinions expressed are his own.
