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Beard Bundle
This isn’t some smooth-chinned “Black Friday” … it’s Beard Friday, and we’ve got your deep discount right here!
And Beard Friday — like any good beard — is much longer than your regular “here today, gone on Saturday”-type Friday. Oh yes indeed. So from now into perpetuity, the dungeons of maptitude are offering the Beard Bundle!
The Bundle is everything you or that wanderer of the wood on your gift list needs to navigate the southern Los Padres:
Hiking and Backpacking Santa Barbara and Ventura (2012; MSRP US$18.95)
Bryan Conant’s San Rafael Wilderness Map (2009; MSRP US$8.95)
Bryan Conant’s Matilija and Dick Smith Wilderness Map (2013; MSRP US$10.95)
Tom Harrison’s Sespe Wilderness Map (2012; MSRP US$9.95)
All for $35 and free USPS Priority shipping — that’s nearly $50 worth of Los Padres goodness and free shipping for a crazy price even a penny-pinching Caledonian can get behind!
You can read my reviews of Harrison’s 2012 Sespe map and Conant’s 2013 Matilija/Dick Smith map here and here, respectively.
Dates and Appearances
I’ll be promoting, discussing, and generally cracking wise about Hiking and Backpacking Santa Barbara and Ventura at numerous locations over the next few months. Join us!
New dates will be added as they are scheduled!
| Sat April 7 2012 | Wild About Ojai: Kennedy Ridge | Ojai Valley Land Conservancy | 10am–1pm |
| Mon June 18 2012 | “Literary Gumbo” w/Fred Klein | Streaming Video Appearance | — |
| Mon July 2 2012 | KVTA Morning Show | Radio Appearance, KVTA 1520 | 8am |
| Sat July 7 2012 | Barnes & Noble Ventura | 4820 Telephone Road | 2pm–4pm |
| Thu July 12 2012 | ForestWatch Members’ Gathering | Carrillo Adobe | 5pm–6:30pm |
| Sat July 14 2012 | Costco Simi Valley | 2660 Park Center Drive | 2pm–4pm |
| Sat July 21 2012 | Costco Oxnard | 2001 East Ventura Blvd | 2pm–4pm |
| Sat August 4 2012 | Costco Northridge | 8810 Tampa Avenue | 10am–12pm |
| Wed August 8 2012 | REI Santa Barbara | 321 Anacapa Street | 7pm Register Here |
| Wed September 19 2012 | REI Northridge | 18605 Devonshire St | 7pm |
| Thu September 27 2012 | REI Santa Monica | 402 Santa Monica Blvd | 7pm Register Here |
| Sat September 29 2012 | Best of VC Marketplace | 108 N 10th St, Santa Paula | 11a–1p |
| Sat October 27 2012 | Barnes & Noble Thousand Oaks | 160 S Westlake Blvd | 1pm–3pm |
| Sat March 2 2013 | Barnes & Noble Ventura | 4820 Telephone Road | Balboa MS Book Fair, 10am–2pm |
| Tue March 19 2013 | Chaucher’s Bookstore | 3321 State Street | 7pm |
| Wed March 20 2013 | Montecito Public Library | 1469 East Valley Road | 5pm–6:30pm |
| Sun March 24 2013 | Barnes & Noble Ventura | 4820 Telephone Road | Mound School Book Fair 1pm–4pm |
| Sat May 4 2013 | Wheeler Gorge Visitor Center | 17017 Maricopa Highway, Ojai | 10am–2pm |
| Wed May 15 2013 | E.P. Foster Library | 651 E. Main, Ventura | 7pm |
| Tue Jul 9 2013 | REI Oxnard | 2700 Seaglass Way | 6:30pm |
| Fri July 12 2013 | Adventure 16 West Los Angeles | 11161 W Pico Blvd | 7pm–9pm |
Barnes & Noble Ventura; Image courtesy Miko
REI Santa Barbara; Image courtesy schmeebot/Jaeson
REI Northridge; Image courtesy The Los Padres Expat
MJ Represents! Image courtesy the Captain.
Den Leaders Unite! Image courtesy Catarina, Create in Art
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Join Us! Barnes & Noble Signing, July 7 2012
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“Literary Gumbo” Appearance, June 18 2012
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Join Us! Kennedy Ridge Hike, April 7 2012
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