We planned a very full day in the Mojave National Preserve starting with,
* Mary Beal Nature hike.* Mitchell Caverns.* The Hole In The Wall ring's hike.* The Lava Tubes.
This was our hike through the Hole In The Wall ring's.
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We planned a very full day in the Mojave National Preserve starting with,
* Mary Beal Nature hike.* Mitchell Caverns.* The Hole In The Wall ring's hike.* The Lava Tubes.
This was our hike through the Hole In The Wall ring's.
Nov 14th, 2018
With all of the devastation from the Woolsey Fire, somehow my meditation chair, trail sign, and wood bridge survived even with fire swirling all around them!
May 8th, 2018
If you have never hiked Malibu State Park, it is the Yosemite of Southern California.
Apr 12th, 2018
My first hike in over a month, it was AMAZING, an amazing place and amazing weather. Even saw a deer, but it was dead!
Mar 14th, 2018
Another great hike in Southern California, our own amazing Malibu State Park.
Mar 7th, 2018
This was my second time hiking up to the Hollywood Sign, but this time by way of Wonder View Drive and Trail, past Wisdom Tree. The views were spectacular!
Sep 27th, 2017
We hiked from the corner of Las Virgines Rd and Mulholland Rd, the entire way through Calabasas to the 101. It looked like maybe 6 miles on my map, but ended up being 11 grueling miles!!!
Aug 10th, 2017
I always wanted to hike from the top of Stunt Road, starting at the abandoned tower, down to Mullholland Rd near Mountain Park. It starts out a fire road but quickly turns into this back bone of rock. There was a trail, but some parts were challenging. Omid wanted to go up to the tower, but the security patrol turned him back.
Jun 1st, 2017
We have hiked MCSP maybe 30 times, but we wanted to see what El Nino did to.the park. Century Lake was full of debris, right up from the lake, the bridge that crosses the creek was washed out, and that is no easy feat since the bridge is concrete and an entire half is gone.
May 19th, 2017
We had our eye on four hikes in one day I the Santa Barbara area. The Gaviota Wind Caves, the Gaviota Hot Springs, the Nojoqui Falls, and Lizard Rock. This is our hike to the Wind Caves. They are spectacular indeed, how does the wind do this? This is our hike to the Wind Caves. They are spectacular indeed, how does the wind do this?
May 19th, 2017
We had our eye on four hikes in one day in the Santa Barbara area. The Gaviota Wind Caves, the Gaviota Hot Springs, the Nojoqui Falls, and Lizard Rock. This is our hike to Gaviota Hot Springs. The hot springs were the best that I have ever been to, and we had to get in. Omid enjoyed the spa mud very much.
May 19th, 2017
We had our eye on four hikes in one day in the Santa Barbara area. The Gaviota Wind Caves, the Gaviota Hot Springs, the Nojoqui Falls, and Lizard Rock.
Feb 27th, 2017
After the rains, we made our way over to see the damage to Malibu Creek State Park, the Yosemite of the south. We found massive damage!!!
Jan 13th, 2017
This was such a great hike out to Mesa Overlook in the fog and rain.
Sep 24th, 2016
I always saw this trail up the rock face above the Malibu sand dunes and even though it says to keep off, it is WAY to inviting, and I have done it at least 3 times. The cliffs overlooking PCH are sheer and steep, but the views are so worth it!
Jun 11th, 2016
I saw this hike in the L.A. Times and wanted to go, so Omid and I planned a day to get down there.
May 31st, 2016
Starting at the Reagan Ranch Trail, we hiked over to Malibu Lake Overlook. We have hiked and ridden all around this lake, but I always wanted to hike above the lake. We then hiked over to the Mash Unit from the back of the lake. What a wonderful day.
May 24th, 2016
After hiking to Mount Baden Powell, we saw that the parking lot was shared by this hike. So we planned to come back and hike down instead of up. This was a rather short but exciting hike to Big Horn Mine.
Mar 23rd, 2016
Our hike to Murphys Ranch in Santa Monica. It was a Nazi camp that was established in the hopes that Germany would win, oh well. You can see a sign saying that graffiti is illegal, yet you will see some amazing graffiti on this hike! The stairs down go on forever.
Feb 6th, 2016
I worked in Chatsworth for years before finding out that the Manson Family held up just miles from our offices at the Spahn Ranch and hung out in the caves just behind the ranch.
Jan 30th, 2016
Me and my buddies, Marv, Omid, and Pete helped me clear a trail up to the 20 foot waterfall in our backyard. Today I put stones along the trail and dug out a dam for the water to rest for awhile.
Jan 27th, 2016
This was an EPIC hike straight up the face of Mt Bone to Sri Peaks and then over to Sandstone Peak, and down to the car. We started up from Newberry Park and climbed what looked like a sheer cliff. For whatever reason Omid hung way back, scary far back. I don't think that he liked Pete. It was Marv, Pete, Omid, and I. It was hard to navigate what ended up being two groups, sad!
Dec 8th, 2015
I read about this in the L.A. Times, and coordinated with Marv and Omid to drive up and check it out! It was as amazing as the article described! This year was a perfect time to visit them on foot, since the drought kept the water levels low. Usually you would have to take a boat.
Dec 3rd, 2015
Marv and I hiked up to Mt Boney by way of a creek bed. It what a nasty 9 miles!
Jul 15th, 2015
We have hiked this trail hundreds of times, but this morning gave us some of the best water mist photos that I have ever taken. This was a special morning indeed!
Our six mile hike from Agoura Hills to Malibu State Park. I want to redo this hike in the spring to see the many types of flowers. There were so many different kinds, so beautiful, and a few caterpillars and more than a few butterflies.
Jan 10th, 2015
A day hiking is like a day in heaven! Always wanted to do Happy Camp above Simi and Moorpark. 11 miles of beautiful valleys and vistas, with my buddy Omid. Marv had planned to come but was down with the flu.
Dec 26th, 2014
Corriganville is an interesting movie set where movies like Creature From The Black Lagoon were filmed. Corriganville is at the east end of Simi Valley and everything is uphill from here with a tunnel under the 118 with some creative graffiti.
Nov 6th, 2014
Tri Peaks by way of fossil trail was an amazing hike up to the top, and we got to see some million year old fossils.
Oct 15th, 2014
This was the hike of a life time. I had seen The Wave on motivational poster forever, and every time I would see the poster, I wanted to go. Doing my research to go, I found that they only allow 20 people a day to hike to The Wave. 10 passes are awarded online and 20 in person. I tried for two years online with no success. So Marv and I........
Oct 14th, 2014
This hike was high up on my bucket list. We spent the morning at the rangers station in Kanab, trying to get a pass to go to the Wave, WE GOT THEM! We then headed out to start the hike to the Subway.
Sep 10th, 2014
Marv, Omid, and I decided to hike up above Thousand Oaks while Kara shopped with her friend below. Other than that crazy dinosaur, all went well.
Aug 8th, 2014
Jul 22nd, 2014
Marv and I hiked down to the border to get a first hand look at what is going on, and then Marv had to go and cross into Mexico! The NSA was looking for us for the rest of the day.....
Jul 22nd, 2014
Today we thought we would do something different and hike over to Paramount Ranch. So many films and TV series have been filmed here.
Jul 5th, 2014
This is a very special area for hiking out on the Pear Blossom Highway that has some very unique rock formations.
Jun 10th, 2014
We were looking for a coastal hike that we had not done, and we found this one. It only got 3 stars on Hikespeak.com, but off we went.
Apr 16th, 2014
This hike took us up La Jolla Canyon Trail, which headed up from the parking lot to La Jolla Canyon and then up the rock falls to the trails beyond.
Dec 17th, 2013
Always looking for a challenge, we decided to travers the entire length of the Verdugo Mountain range in one day. It would require two cars, one at each end. The hike was special and quite unique. I doubt that many hike the entire length.
Nov 13th, 2013
We decided on this short hike up Devils Canyon today, but out of nowhere these guys showed up. But they were very peaceful.
Nov 5th, 2013
This was our EPIC hike from Solidad Canyon Rd into Vasquez Rocks, 8.9 miles of amazing hiking. I always wanted to hike from Soledad over to Vasquez. It gave us more of an adventure than just driving to Vasquez Rocks. Don't get me wrong, Vasquez is the goal, where they filmed so many movies and TV shows, from the Flintstones to Star Trek, but this gave the day a purpose.
Nov 1st, 2013
We wanted to hike the back side of our own mountains, so we drove over to Santa Clarita and had our way with the trails in the Placenta Canyon Nature Center. We hiked to the very top and did the loop, then Omid had to leave and Marv and I hiked over to a dry waterfall. At 60 years old, Marv took on the tire swing!
Nov 1st, 2013
Obama getting his ass kicked on the Bridge to Nowhere. Had to bring masks, it was Halloween! This is a 10 mile epic hike to see the bridge.
Oct 30th, 2013
We hiked over to the Cave of the Munits to see if we could get a blessing!
Aug 13th, 2013
Omid, Marv, and I wanted to hiking every last inch of this park, and so we did. From Paradise Falls, to the cave, to the teepee, up to look over into Santa Rosa, and back to the car. What an amazing day of hiking!
Dec 12th, 2012
We started this hike at Malibu Creek State Park, then hiked up challenging Bull Dog and hooked up with Mesa Peak Motorway, which is old Back Bone Trail, and then down to Malibu Canyon Road. 11 miles in 100 degrees temps made this a VERY rough day, but we got to take shelter near the meditation rock formation.
Nov 20th, 2012
What a great day hiking over to Eagle Rock and trying to traverse the side with the tree on it.
Nov 30th, 2011
I took Kia and a gaggle of her friends out to Parker Mesa Overlook for a night hike. We saw some snakes and a bunch of wild life, and you could see the planes lining up to land at LAX. Nov 30th 2011
Jun 16th, 2011
This car must have been from an old TV show or movie, but artists have had their way with it over the years.
Mar 30th, 2009
Omid and I road over to the Mash Unit in Malibu Creek State Park, and then up Bull Dog to the old abandoned house. 28 miles of aggressive riding. Malibu Creek State Park is like the Yosemite of the south.
Apr 8th, 2000
When Kia was maybe 13 we visited the Grand Canyon for the first time and hiked a mile down Bright Angeles Trail. The walls were so high that I asked Kia to sing so that her voice would bounce off the walls for all to hear! I vowed that we would return and hike across the entire canyon.
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