June 15 2008Exploring a canyon waterfall and a unique walk-through cave
| Wildwood Park, Paradise Falls & Indian CaveThousand OaksJune 15 2008 Exploring a canyon waterfall and a unique walk-through cave |
 Looking into the park from the trailhead. The yellow color was amazing. The overhanging rock the trail points to in the distant center is Lizard Rock. Collaged from 2 photos. |
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 Share the bigger trails with horses and cyclists. Looking back to trailhead. |
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 Lizard Rock, impressive from a far away, looks like concrete slag - all bumpity. |
 Looking back from Lizard Rock to where I took the first pic. |
 North toward Los Padres mountains. Note paraglider riding thermals. |
 Looking north towards the end of the Santa Monica mtns. |
 Lizard rock from the other side looking back to trailhead. I guess it looks like the head of a lizard? |
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 Stagecoach bluff above Paradise Falls |
 A slip off this cliff would end in a very prickly fate |
 You arrive at Paradise Falls from above. Apparently, algae likes this stream and waterhole. |
 Not "Paradise" exactly, but a nice noisy waterfall. A surprising amount of water was coming through for June. |
 The only way to get a frontal view of the falls is to ford the stream on slippery rocks |
 A clear Sunday afternoon, just a few miles out of LA, and everyone had gone. |
 From above the falls. Note contingent of ducks. |
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 The stream that makes the falls is pretty choked up with algae. |
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 Shady bower on the way to Eagles Point trailhead. |
 Stagecoach Bluff from Eagles Point trail |
 Approach to Indian Cave from below. The steps are handy for tourists, but detract from the natural setting, IMHO. |
 A very unique crawl-through cave, big enough to stand up inside. I thought it to be the highlight of the park— a real geologic wonder. |
 You could make a real nice shelter here, if no one knew about it... |
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 Looking down from inside the cave. |
 From above, the entrance is steep, tiny and a little daunting. |
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 The road back home. |
 A last look back from where I started. |
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