Sunday, January 12: After our excursion to the lively Sunday market, Rosie, her husband, and her personal trainer Monty take me to Malibu. We park the car in a parking lot beside Malibu Seafood and hike the 2.5 mile loop around Corral Canyon.
According to hikespeak.com: corral canyon loop in the santa monica mountains, the 1,000-acre Corral Canyon State Park protects a span of the Santa Monica Mountains between Dan Blocker Beach and Malibu Creek State Park. This is the only canyon on the Los Angeles County side of the range that remains undeveloped from the ridge top down to the Pacific Coast Highway, allowing the 2.5-mile loop through the park to plunge hikers in to a world of natural scenery and vegetation.
The trail climbs to 525 feet at the north end of the loop. The trail then makes a U-turn heading-south to what is labeled on the map as an overlook. There is a nice view up and down the coast from this shelf on the ridge, 1.5-miles from the bottom of the loop.
After our hike, we’re famished, so we sit outside on the patio of Malibu Seafood and eat some delicious fish tacos.
I have a lovely day with Rosie and her husband, but now I plan to spend my last evening in California with my sister. So we return to Rosie’s house, where I pack up my stuff and drive to Stephanie’s house in Reseda, back to where I started this trip. 🙂
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I like loop trails, you see something different all the way round. This looks like a good one and not too long either 🙂 Plus great views.
Yes, it was relatively short, Jude, but it was quite warm and dry. The views were great. I too enjoy loop trails more than out-and-back trails because of the variety of views. 🙂
Nice food and views 🙂
Thanks, Gilly. It was fun to spend the day with Rosie. 🙂
It looks so dry, Cathy! They’ve had drought conditions this year, haven’t they? I always like views down to the sea. Rosie’s looking good! (you, too!) 🙂
They really have had drought conditions in CA this year, Jo. It was especially dry when I was there, but it probably hasn’t gotten much better since I left. Rosie did look good! It was great to meet her. 🙂
Those fish tacos look lovely!
They were yummy, especially after that warm hike. 🙂
Beautiful reminder of a lovely day. I have to repeat that you really do take great photos 😀
It was nice to take a trip down memory lane, Rosie. It seems like that trip to California was now ages ago! And of course one of the highlights was meeting you. 🙂
Oh, and thanks for the nice compliment about my photos. 🙂