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Our Blue & Green Outdoor Adventure Guide 2015
It’s our annual celebration of kayaking, backpacking, and more in the Santa Barbara wild.
Spy Delivers Laughs
Melissa McCarthy’s latest film is an outrageous ride filled with great characters, goofy gore, and more twists than any windy rue de Paris.
The Man Who Burned Madulce Cabin Down
On Dominick Cosmo Roppoccio and other backcountry hermits.
Ray Ford Introduces SBOutdoors.com
New website features info on hiking, biking, and walking in Santa Barbara.
15 Years of Circumnavigating the Channel Islands
Longtime kayaker remembers favorite experiences from paddling the archipelago.
Love & Mercy Reveals Brian Wilson’s Worlds
Paul Dano and John Cusack play Beach Boy frontman past and future brilliantly.
volume 29, number 491, June 11-18, 2015
Blue & Green Annual Outdoor Adventure Guide
A Meal for Midges
While Matt Kettmann was battling for survival out in the Sespe Wilderness (see p. 25), our fearless senior editor also fed about a zillion biting midges
