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.
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North toward Los Padres mountains. Note paraglider riding
thermals.
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Looking north towards the end of the Santa Monica mtns.
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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
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A slip off this cliff would end in a very prickly fate
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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.
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The only way to get a frontal view of the falls is to ford
the stream on slippery rocks
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A clear Sunday afternoon, just a few miles out of LA,
and everyone had gone.
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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.
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Stagecoach Bluff from Eagles Point trail
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Approach to Indian Cave from below. The steps are handy
for tourists, but detract from the natural setting, IMHO.
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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.
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You could make a real nice shelter here, if no one knew
about it...
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Looking down from inside the cave.
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From above, the entrance is steep, tiny and a little daunting.
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The road back home.
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A last look back from where I started.
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