• Bike Tour: La Cañada Flintridge – Pasadena Loop

    Descanso Gardens Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, CA, United States

    I posted a biking tour at my other site. Please view and RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/socal-ebike-riders/events/301797586

  • Hot Weather Hiking Tips

    Online event

    Extended daylight and sunny days is synonymous with hiking weather. However, hiking in hot weather — no matter whether we’re talking about an intense dry heat or a suffocatingly high humidity — requires some forethought and planning. Here are some tips and advice for hiking in hot weather: https://www.hikingwithdean.com/hot-weather-hiking-tips/ Do you have your own tips? […]

  • 💦Wet & Wild(wood) – 🧺Potluck Picnic

    Wildwood Regional Park - HWD Calle Yucca, Thousand Oaks, ca, United States

    This hike is the perfect summer hike. It will require several stream crossings along the Arroyo Conejo and Wildwood Canyon Creek so wear shoes you don't mind getting wet (if you don't like walking on rocks); shorts recommended We'll visit the Wetlands and have a picnic lunch at shady Skunk Hollow, a tree-lined area adjacent […]

  • 🏖️🌊Beach Walk/Stairs – Point Dume Preserve – 🍹Happy Hour @ Sunset Restaurant

    Sunset Restaurant - HWD Westward Beach Road, Malibu, CA, United States

    The headlands, cliffs, trails, and beaches of 63-acre Point Dume State Beach and Point Dume Natural Preserve make an exciting location for a day of exploring. Cliffs provide places for birds to roost. Over 100 types of birds are found here. Watch the sky for brown pelicans, falcons, and hawks. Other animals roam the park, […]

  • Hiking with Mark E: Hike to MASH Site and Century Lake

    Malibu Creek State Park Trailhead SMHC 1925 Las Virgenes Rd, Calabasas, CA, US

    This relatively easy, out-and-back hike, travels alongside Malibu Creek through some great terrain and old growth oak trees, with a special bonus — a visit to the site of television's […]

 

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