Saturday, March 24, 2018

March 17 - Hiking Club in Solstice Canyon, Malibu


Looking downcanyon
We were out for an 8-mile hike on the first sunny day after a week or so of intermittent storms.

 Solstice Canyon once was a ranch, but the area burned out in 1982, and the family sold or donated it to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. They had a really nice home in the canyon, next to a waterfall and surrounded by tropical trees they planted.
Malibu coastline and LA
The view of Santa Monica Bay is superb from the hike's high point, a thousand feet above the ocean.  Those big houses are owned by movie stars, including Charles Nelson Reilly, Larry "Bud" Melman, and Mister Ed.
Santa Catalina Island, 44 mi offshore
Point Dume jutting out from the Malibu coastline

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