Paradise Falls

January is a great month for hikes in S.CA.  Blue skies, not too hot, and lots of your neighbors around to share the experience.  Hiking around the Conejo Valley seems like a community experience.  I guess we aren't really looking for solitude and the people are very nice (and they clean up after their dogs) so its alright.



Chris and Nathaniel on Stagecoach Bluff

   We hiked about 3 miles Saturday.  This park has a lot of roads and trails and many of them are relatively flat so I think this will be a good place for running.  It's only about 4 miles from our house.



Picking a prickly pear

   We tasted a ripe prickly pear (and all got sliver-sized cactus spines stuck in our fingers for the rest of the day for the trouble.)  It was actually really good.  I'm tempted to go with some gloves and a bucket and get a bunch to make jelly with.  I always loved my grandma's jellies made from wild currants, elderberries or chokecherries.  Maybe it's time for some foraging.


Falling...




Lots of water in the falls.




View from the top

 Time for friends and family to come visit and go for a hike.