
Optional scenic/leisure hike in DVNP ***Planning Stages***
For those of you who are attending both hikes, you will have the option to do a short hike or rest. I will post something as we get closer to the dates our our DV weekend.

For those of you who are attending both hikes, you will have the option to do a short hike or rest. I will post something as we get closer to the dates our our DV weekend.

Scroll down to rsvpPRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING WHENEVER POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY AT TRAIL HEAD AND BREAK SPOTS. WEAR A MASK OR FACE COVERING WHENEVER SOCIAL DISTANCING IS IMPOSSIBLE OR IMPRACTICAL. IT IS MANDATORY THAT YOU BRING A FACE COVERING. BRING HAND SANITIZER IF YOU HAVE IT. Details As some of you know I have purchased an RV […]

Waitlisted: Only adding those who I've hiked with on this trail before and those I've been hiking with during pandemic. Covid-19 guidelines apply. * Piru Creek was my very first official hike with VHC, April 17, 2010!! when getting wet wasn't avoidable, and still isn't, so wear shoes you don't mind getting wet. Poison Oaks: […]

🌸🌼🌻🌺 YAAAYYYYY!!!!!!! MISSED Y'ALL!!!! 🌼🌻 Hope everyone's safe, healthy and relatively SANE!!! 🌼🌻 HIKE / DINNER / FULL MOON AT THE BEACH!! THIS is where they filmed M*A*S*H*, "Planet of the Apes" and a gazillion other movies... GOOGLE MAPS TO MALIBU CREEK PARK CLICK HERE https://goo.gl/maps/SZVdsQem2eK2 CLICK HERE FOR M*A*S*H* VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICiFnQrHOrk 🌼🌻 MALIBU CREEK […]

PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING WHENEVER POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY AT TRAIL HEAD AND BREAK SPOTS. WEAR A MASK OR FACE COVERING WHENEVER SOCIAL DISTANCING IS IMPOSSIBLE OR IMPRACTICAL. IT IS MANDATORY THAT YOU BRING A FACE COVERING. BRING HAND SANITIZER IF YOU HAVE IT. Details I am lifting the Coronavirus group-size restrictions starting with this hike! RSVP the […]

BEFORE YOU WILL BE MOVED TO THE GOING LIST, YOU WILL NEED TO UPDATE YOUR CDH PROFILE (The three questions must be answered with a "yes") IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO. BIKE RIDE FROM LAKE BALBOA TO BURBANK AND BACKThis is a new event for us. The Orange Line bikeway runs along the […]

BEFORE YOU WILL BE MOVED TO THE GOING LIST, YOU WILL NEED TO UPDATE YOUR CDH PROFILE (The three questions must be answered with a "yes") IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO Since we are living in the age of Covid, I am limiting this event to a max of 10 people due to […]

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/tapo-canyon-trail?u=i Hello fellow hikers,Join me for a easier moderate hike on Tapo Canyon Trail in Simi Valley. This hike has a nice gradual walk until we start a gradual climb were we will start our loop. We should encounter wildflowers and mountain views. Our loop will drop down then we will continue until we start […]

Write up with a few changes from the same prior VHC event: PAYPAL PAYMENT SECURES YOUR SPOT. $27 per person for 2 nights. NO REFUNDS after March 31, 2021 to compel commitment. Forfeited fees will be be donated to the Yosemite Conservancy under VHC's name. MAX ~10 people. CAMPING INFO One group site (Good for […]
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