tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34544221668022540852024-03-05T07:22:15.698-08:00Take A Hike!Photos, Video and Commentary from a Senior Female HikerKayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-36912135595991875192016-11-17T15:04:00.000-08:002016-11-17T15:04:38.004-08:00Windy, Chilly, Morning Hike<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hiker and I headed up to Vasquez Rocks this morning. We were supposed to meet up with my friend Robyn, but she texted and said that the wind was creating havoc on her sinuses and she didn't feel like going out for a hike.<br />
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I had promised Hiker that I'd be taking her up to Vasquez Rocks for a hike. She was stuck to me like glue all morning because she wanted to make sure I didn't leave without her, so I decided that she and I would go ahead and go to the rocks for our hike.<br />
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It was windy and a little chilly when we got there, but we headed out anyway.<br />
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We had the entire park to ourselves. We only saw two other people climbing around on the main rock. We headed out and I let Hiker lead me by her leash. Sometimes I do that, I let her "walk" me so we end up meandering all over the place.<br />
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As we walked I noticed the moon over the rocks to the west.<br />
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As the morning went on, the weather warmed up a little, but it remained windy.<br />
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After about 35 or 40 minutes, Hiker decided she had hiked enough and she led me back to the car so we could head home.<br />
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I think she is out of shape like I am. I noticed I was running out of breath because we have not done much hiking this year. But all in all, we had a nice morning.<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-76001771496667838472016-10-05T14:14:00.002-07:002016-10-05T14:15:45.946-07:00First Fall Hike of 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When Hiker and I got up this morning, I noticed what a beautiful morning it was here in the Santa Clarita Valley. I decided to put Hiker in the car and driver over to Towsley Canyon for a short walk.<br />
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I am so out of shape for a hike. I have not been out on the mountain trails since last spring because it is too hot here in the summer time to go out. I was going to hike the Elder Trail, but it looked a little steeper that what I was ready for so instead we started up the 1.5 mile trail.</div>
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There were a lot of people out on the trail. I often wonder why there are always so many people out hiking instead of working.</div>
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I have taken Hiker hiking in Towsley Canyon many times, mostly up into The Narrows, but I had never taken her along this specific trail. She seemed to be enjoying herself.</div>
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Took a shot of the two of us at the bottom of the trail just before we left to head home.</div>
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-79321235313041379882016-04-13T17:33:00.001-07:002016-04-13T17:33:52.488-07:00Springtime Morning Hike At Vasquez Rocks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This morning, I put my dog Hiker into the car and she and I headed up to Vasquez County Park for a great morning hike.<br />
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It was a beautiful morning and we saw some wildflowers. Hiker was checking out this prickly pear cactus that was in bloom. I stopped her just before she stuck her nose into the cactus needles. She wanted to smell the blooms.<br />
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The photo below shows some Blue Dick flowers.<br />
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Prickly Pear<br />
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Wild Mustard<br />
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Below are some landscapes I shot around the park.<br />
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Yesterday afternoon was beautiful. I was around 70 degrees with blue skies and sunshine. There was some wind, but it wasn't so bad as to ruin a nice hike.<br />
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Took my dog Hiker over to Quigley Open Space in Newhall, CA, in the Santa Clarita Valley of SoCal.<br />
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As I mentioned, it was a beautiful afternoon.<br />
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Quigley Open Space is tucked back in Placerita Canyon and is a nice place to Hike if you want something that is not strenuous.<br />
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We didn't hike up into the hills this time, but stayed on the loop trails that encircle the meadow. Everything is very green right now because we did have some rain, but in a few weeks, it will all start to burn off and turn brown as it always does here in SoCal.<br />
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There were a few wildflowers blooming. Mostly Blue Dick, and there were some California Poppies growing on the hillsides.<br />
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Hiker really seemed to be enjoying the hike. She was sniffing everything.<br />
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Today was a beautiful day in SoCal. We've been in the middle of a winter heatwave so I thought I'd take advantage of it and take my dog Hiker on a hike to Towsley Canyon here in the Santa Clarita Valley.<br />
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Towsley is across the valley from us and is one of my very favorite spots to hike and take photos. We had not been there for quite a while.<br />
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Approaching the burned oak tree just past Ed Davis Park</div>
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You can see that it was a gorgeous day</div>
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Approaching The Narrows</div>
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There was a little bit of water in the creek. We stopped to rest in The Narrows.</div>
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Heading back down the canyon</div>
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-16362637401682345792016-01-29T15:09:00.000-08:002016-02-12T09:54:51.242-08:00Short Afternoon Hike<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hiker and I did a short afternoon hike in "The Rocks" today. Thought I'd share the photos I took. The sky was beautiful.<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-58146692359527448372015-04-19T15:27:00.002-07:002016-02-12T09:54:33.269-08:00Nice Morning Hike At Vasquez Rocks County Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Decided to get up early this morning and take Hiker up to Vasquez Rocks County Park for a hike.<br />
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We left the house at 7 am and by 7:25, were were there, however, the entrance gate was closed. I thought the park was open from sunrise to sunset, but I was wrong. They didn't open until 8 am. So Hiker and I took a morning drive over to the little town of Acton and back to kill time.</div>
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By the time we got back, the gate was open and so into the park we went for our hike.</div>
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I didn't have any specific trail I wanted to take this morning, so we just headed anywhere Hiker decided we were going. I was looking to see if there were still any wild flowers, but most of them had wilted and died and all of the green grass that was there the last time we were there hiking had dried out and turned brown.</div>
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There were a lot of docents there cleaning up the area, so we tried to head out in areas where they were not working.</div>
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Found a few spots where there were a few wild flowers still growing, but not many.</div>
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Did find a few Yuccas that were bloom and they were pretty, but even most of those were drying out and dying.</div>
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Hiker seemed to be enjoying our hike. I think Vasquez Rocks is one of her favorite places.</div>
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We did almost 2 miles and I took lots of photographs. All in all, it was a nice morning and a great hike.</div>
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-81024962739010646132015-02-14T11:58:00.000-08:002016-02-12T09:54:08.759-08:00Hiking The Old Corriganville Movie Ranch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yesterday, my neighbor Jean and I headed over to the Santa Susana Pass near Simi Valley, CA to hike at the old Corriganville Movie Ranch. Back in the 1950's, Corriganville was one of the first "Los Angeles/Hollywood Western Movie Studios". It was owned and operated by Western Movie Start Ray "Crash" Corrigan. There was a western town movie set where every weekend, families could visit and watch stunt men have staged gun fights.<br />
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Many movies and television shows were filmed at this famous movie ranch. Movies include "Fort Apache", "Mysterious Island" and "Swamp Thing". TV series that were filmed there include "The Lone Ranger", "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin", "Tarzan", "Robin Hood", "Emergency" and "Star Trek".<br />
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In 1970, the town of "Silvertown" in Corriganville was burned and the rest of the structures were burned in another filer in 1979. In 1988, the city of Simi Valley, CA purchased the land and it is now Corriganville Regional Park.<br />
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We walked the Interpretive Loop Trail which has many signs along the way telling you about the landscape of the park and also what movies/TV shows and what stars filmed there.<br />
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Corriganville Regional Park is located at: 7001 Smith Road, Simi Valley, CA 93063</div>
Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-33695148576785621352015-01-31T16:43:00.000-08:002015-01-31T16:43:33.344-08:00Beautiful Wintertime Hike In Whitney Canyon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After we have a raining day here in SoCal, the day after is usually beautiful, especially here in the Santa Clarita Valley. The rain washes away any pollution that may be in the air. The sky is dark blue and the clouds are white and fluffy.<br />
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Fall, Winter and Spring are the best times for hiking here. I try to avoid Summer hikes due to the extreme heat and the rattlesnakes.<br />
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Right now the hills are green and everything looks so lush. Have not seen any wildflowers yet, but I'm hoping to see some blooming soon.<br />
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This afternoon, Hiker and I went for a 2 mile hike in Whitney Canyon.<br />
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The trail ends at a waterfall, but I have never taken Hiker as far as the falls because the weeds are high and I don't want her to get ticks, so we usually hike in about 2 miles and then hike back out.<br />
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The trail at first is nice and wide.<br />
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Eventually you enter several coastal oak groves.<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-53265555558489733492014-12-28T16:10:00.001-08:002014-12-28T16:12:59.218-08:00Wildwood Canyon Open Space - Newhall, CA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's been awhile since I've done a blog about one of my hikes.<br />
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The city of Santa Clarita, CA is constantly adding new open spaces to it's recreational areas and my brother Keith and I, along with my dog Hiker decided to explore one of the newer open spaces this afternoon. I found that this area is not as scenic or historic as some of our other hiking areas.<br />
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We visited the Wildwood Canyon Open Space in Newhall, CA. It is located not far from the Senior Center at the end of Haskell Vista Lane. To get there from my house in Canyon Country, I took Sierra Highway south to Newhall Avenue where I turned right, then I stayed on Newhall until I got to Market Street where I turned left and drove passed the Senior Center and up to Cross Street. I turned left on Cross and headed for Haskell Vista Lane where I turned right. The street dead-ends at the trail head.<br />
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There were many loop trails to take, ranging from Gentle, to Moderate, to Steep. You have to take the Moderate trail before you get to the other two. As you start up the mountain, the trail is narrow, so watch your step. There are some nice views from the top of the ridge.<br />
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Once we reached the ridge, we took the Gentle loop trail as I have not been hiking much and am pretty much out of shape. It winds along the bottom of a canyon, through some Coastal Oak Trees.<br />
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We then headed back up the Moderate trail and headed back down to the trail head where we had left our car. We did just under 2 miles, but you can do more if you want to check out all of the loop trails.<br />
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There is no designated parking area at the trail head so you will have to park on the street.<br />
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Below is a map of the trails at this open space.<br />
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On Thursday, May 22nd, Hiker and I went for a short afternoon hike at Vasquez Rocks County Park. The Yucca plants were in bloom and they were beautiful.<br />
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There were a few wild flowers around the area.</div>
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It was a great day.<br />
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The sky was beautiful.<br />
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On Sunday, May 25th, Hiker and I headed over to Whitney Canyon for a morning walk. We had not been there for a few months. There were some wild flowers blooming there, but everything is starting to turn brown from the heat and lack of rain.</div>
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-946562813453491232014-04-05T10:35:00.000-07:002016-02-12T09:53:37.517-08:00Picturesque Vasquez Rocks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If you like this blog, you might enjoy my blog about Vasquez Rocks County Park.<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-75979697588135517842014-02-19T12:20:00.000-08:002014-02-19T12:21:05.462-08:00Sunday Morning Hike With Hiker And My Brother Keith<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My brother Keith was visiting Hiker and me last weekend. On Sunday, we did a 2 mile hike in Elsmere Canyon in the Santa Clarita Valley.<br />
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We took the Creek Trail. There is no water in the creek because we have not had any rain for a long time, but there is still some really cool scenery in this canyon.<br />
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There are groves of coastal oak trees and some really fantastic cliffs that run across the southwest side of the canyon.<br />
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We noticed a huge cave up on one of the cliffs, but there was no way to climb up there.<br />
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Here is me and Hiker along the trail<br />
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Here is my brother Keith standing in front of some gigantic rocks that had falling down the mountain-side<br />
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The Creek Trail is a very easy trail to hike. The Loop Trail that goes up the mountain is very narrow land very steep.<br />
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Below is a link with more information about the Elsmere Canyon:<br />
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Christmas week of 2013 was beautiful here in Southern California. Our temperatures were in the mid 70s and the was a stiff breeze blowing so the air was crystal clear and the sky was dark blue.<br />
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Hiker and I took three hikes during the week.<br />
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Our first hike on Monday was at Vasquez rocks:<br />
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Our second hike was on Wednesday, Christmas Day when we went to Elsmere Canyon:<br />
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Our third hike was on Thursday. This time we hiked in Towsley Canyon:<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-84866141270107964862013-08-19T15:59:00.000-07:002013-08-30T17:17:47.854-07:00New Blog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If you like my "Fotoblog" and/or my "Hiking" blog, make sure you check out my new block about Vasquez Rocks County Park. This is one of my favorite hiking places and also one of my favorite locations for taking photographs:<br />
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About a half mile up the trail we found a blooming Buckwheat Bush. These blooms turn a dark burnt orange color in the fall. You can see them already started to turn some.<br />
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The clouds started to come back again and it became very humid. The deer flies were eating me up.<br />
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The brush on the ground has turned brown and is very dry. I remember when I was hiking here last spring, the grasses were so green. The trees are still nice and green though.<br />
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A tree had fallen across the trail about a mile up into the canyon. We could have hiked around it if we had gone into the dry brush, but I didn't want to chance there being any snakes or ticks in the brush so we turned around and went back to the car and came home.Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-44295058034028321572013-05-29T15:16:00.000-07:002013-05-29T15:16:29.866-07:00More Unexplored Areas Of Vasquez RocksI've mentioned before how much I love Vasquez Rocks for hiking and for photo ops. My neighbor Jean (who is also Hiker's groomer) and I went up to visit the newly opened Interpretive Center at Vasquez Rocks County Park this morning. If we had known that their Grand Opening was tomorrow, we probably would have waited until then because we saw some cool t-shirts we wanted to buy in their gift shop but we were told they could not start selling them until tomorrow when they "officially" open. Oh well, gives us a reason to go back again.<br />
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After checking out the new center, we headed over to the "Nature Heritage Trail" for a little hike. I had never hiked this trail before. Seems like every time I go to Vasquez Rocks lately, I find a trail that I didn't know existed.</div>
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The below photo shows the our hiking path as recorded on the MapMyFitness app on my iPhone.</div>
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Along the way, there is a Tataviam Indian archaeological site. There is a flat rock that they used for a grinding bowl plus there are some pictographs on the rock behind the grinding bowl. One of the docents told me that these are exact replicas and that the original pictographs are in a section of the park that is closed to the public so they will not be destroyed. The originals have been there since 450 AD.</div>
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Below are photos of the grinding bowl and the replica pictographs. The large flat rock that you see in front of the tall rock in the background is the grinding bowl. There were little indentations in this rock where they Indians had ground their seeds and other things into a dry paste.</div>
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Here are the replications of the original pictographs that are protected in another area of the park.</div>
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Below you see the pictograph of a rattlesnake<br />
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The next photo is of "The Witch's Hat" rock. We were told by another docent that you had to stand in a particular place to actually see the "hat". He was correct, because if we stood in other areas, it just looked like an ordinary rock.</div>
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Next you see a close up of the "brim" of the hat. As you can see, it is not even connected to the rock that juts up making the point of "the hat". In fact it looked like a flat rock that had broken off from somewhere and landed on these other rocks. Jean and I thought it looked more like a UFO up close.</div>
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All in all, we had a great morning where we learned some history and also had some good exercise.</div>
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As we followed the trail, it took us along a ridge in the south eastern part of the park. From this vantage point, we saw beautiful view of the rocks and the surrounding area.<br />
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From the ridge, we could also see the trail twist and turn down into the canyon and then start back up over the other side.<br />
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The panoramic views were spectacular.<br />
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You park in the lot next to what is left of Mentryville and head up the canyon on a paved fire road. There is a pretty little side trail that goes up into a little canyon with a small creek, a lot of greenery and an oak grove. When we have a good wildflower season, this little canyon is full of blue lupines.<br />
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We then headed back to the main trail and headed farther up into Pico Canyon. At one point there is a spot where the old oil workers had an outdoor "casino". There are still card tables there and a frame for a roulette table. There is also an old wooden oil derrick there.<br />
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We continued on and came upon some old oil machinery the reached the historic sight of the first commercial oil well in the state of California. It is marked by a couple of plaques that tell the history of the well.<br />
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Here you can see the capped off well.<br />
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We went a little farther past the sight because I wanted to show Jean the Santa Susana Thrust Zone. Then we headed back down to the car and headed home.<br />
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In the photo below, you can see the twisted rock of the earthquake fault in the thrust zone.<br />
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We headed across the parking lot and through the field, then walked through the Oak Grove picnic area and headed for the Canyon Trail.<br />
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As we entered the canyon, it became much colder as the sun could not reach down into the bottom.<br />
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When we got to the 1 mile marker along the trail, we stopped to rest for a few minutes and enjoy the view.<br />
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Headed back down the trail and back to the parking lot. A nice 2.7 mile hike.Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-82235115773192434522013-01-06T15:54:00.001-08:002013-01-06T15:57:29.685-08:00Photo Op HikeLast week we had about 2 or 3 days of really beautiful weather. Clear, blue sky and sunshine. It was chilly in the morning, but the afternoons were spectacular. My dog Hiker and I just had to get out into nature and take advantage of this weather. Hiker loves to explore Vasquez Rocks and I love to take photographs there, so off we went to Agua Dulce, CA on Thursday, January 3rd.<br />
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We explored the trails near the entrance to of the park first and then headed down the Pacific Rim Trail toward the main part of the park.<br />
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I love this county park because it gives you the feeling of being on another plant with all of the strange rock formations.<br />
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Spent over an hour there and hiked a little over 2 miles.<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-68024030963976254492012-12-22T11:09:00.000-08:002012-12-22T11:09:26.719-08:00A Chilly Morning Hike At Devil's Punch BowlMy brother Keith is visiting me for a few days. He had never been to the Devil's Punch Bowl out in Pearblossom, CA so I decided that this visit, I'd take him out there. We also invited my neighbor Jean who is also my dog Hiker's groomer. We've been having some very cold mornings here in SoCal and it was only around 25 deg. when we headed up to the Punch Bowl. It is at an elevation of over 4700 feet, so there was snow in the mountain around the county park.<br />
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We headed out on the canyon loop trail which takes you down to the bottom of the Punch Bowl...about a 300 foot decline in elevation.<br />
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There are some really great views from the trail.<br />
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We got pretty close to the bottom of the canyon and looked back up at the visitor center on the rim.<br />
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So we decided to head back up the trail.<br />
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Once we got back on top, we checked out the owls that are on display. This Great Horned Owl and my dog Hiker did not take their eyes off of each other.<br />
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We sat down on a bench near the edge of the Devil's Punch Bowl and enjoyed the scenery before heading home.<br />
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That's me and Hiker on the left, my brother Keith in the middle and my neighbor Jean on the right.<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-3369700061548381922012-09-16T15:09:00.002-07:002012-09-16T15:11:07.359-07:00Hike At East Walker Ranch - Santa Clarita, CAFinally was able to get out for a hike this morning. It has been so hot this summer that I have not been out much except for walks in my local neighborhood. My brother Keith is visiting, so he and I took my dog Hiker over to the East Walker Ranch Open Space which is a fairly new hiking area here in Santa Clarita.<br />
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This hike can be as short at about 1.5 miles to about 3 miles depending on which trails you hike. We chose the Loop Trail which is just under 2 miles. The map we had showed that it was a fairly moderate hike, however we found a few places to be pretty strenuous, plus the fact that we are out of shape for hiking. It has been so hot here in SoCal this summer that we have not been able to get out much.<br />
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The trail starts off from a small parking area just off Placerita Canyon Road.<br />
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If you go to the right, you start up a paved trail which starts to climb immediately. If you go to the left, you start off on a dirt trail that is fairly flat at first, but then starts to go into a steep climb.<br />
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There is a "look-out point" at the top of the ridge that offers some great views of the mountains all around.<br />
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To get to this area exit Highway 14 at Placerita Canyon Road (from the 14 NB, turn right, from the 14 SB, turn left). Pass the Placerita Nature Center and East Walker Ranch will be ahead on the south side of the road (your right). There is a sign so you cannot miss it. Parking is available near the gate.Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-58699164213211482742012-04-23T16:58:00.001-07:002012-04-23T18:57:12.824-07:00Foggy, Soggy Hike In Rice CanyonWe had a very HOT weekend. Temperatures in the 90's, but then this morning, there was a thick marine layer and it was drizzling some when me, my brother Keith and my dog Hiker headed to Rice Canyon for a foggy, soggy hike.<br />
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We had just started out from the trail head when we spotted a coyote running around in the ranger's yard. It noticed us and started to run up the hill, but then it stopped and sat down and just watched us as we went on up the trail. It was only about 300 yards from us. It looked friendly, but we avoided it.<br />
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Because of the late rain we've had this year, the grass was tall and green and the creek was running. There were even a few wildflowers, but very few.<br />
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Keith lead us up the trail toward the meadow on the top of the ridge.<br />
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We stopped under a tree to snap a photo of the three of us...Me, Hiker and Keith.<br />
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There was a lot of moisture on the leaves from the drizzle.<br />
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Took this photograph from the ridge. You can see the fog on the mountain tops.<br />
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We started back down the trail toward the lower meadows and the trail head where the car was parked. We did not see the coyote again, but we did come upon this gopher snake. It was stretched out across the trail and scared the heck out of me. I am scared to death of snakes whether they are poisonous or not. Keith determined it was not a rattler, chased it into the grass and Hiker and I ran past it as fast as we could go.<br />
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We were muddy and wet by the time we got back to the car. I had to give Hiker a bath when we got her home.Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454422166802254085.post-23070047368805123752012-04-21T17:53:00.000-07:002012-04-21T17:54:20.524-07:00Haskell Canyon Open SpaceThis morning, my brother Keith, my dog Hiker and I took a hike in the Haskell Canyon Open Space area in the Santa Clarita Valley. This area had been known for equestrians for years but opened up for hikers and mountain bikers about a year ago. I had attended the city dedication of this area with my friend Linda.<br />
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We started out at the trail head on Copperhill Drive in Saugus, CA and headed north up into the canyon.
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As we were hiking into the canyon, we began to notice that there were a lot of strange looking wooden structures on trails that took off from the main trail. We started to inspect them.<br />
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We finally figured out that these were jump ramps for BMX bike riders. They were everywhere.<br />
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This hike is not a very scenic one. If you just want to hike and not enjoy nature, this hike would be for you. I prefer oak groves and panaramic views. If we had a good season for wildflowers, I think this canyon would be a great place to see some. We ended up doing almost 2.5 miles with an 300 ft. rise in elevation.<br />
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The trail is mostly flat, but there are a few areas where you have a little bit of a steep climb.<br />
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Directions:
Haskell Canyon is located north of Copperhill Drive, east of Haskell Canyon Road. Parking is available east of High Ridge Drive along the roadway. Parking is also available on Ranchview Terrace, off of High Ridge Drive, along the street curb. Signs are posted at the trailhead.Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641583831560369417noreply@blogger.com2