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sketches

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Sketches for the month. Houses on the hill in Solstice Canyon . Little waterfall by the ruins in Solstice Canyon . Drawing the wet rock to leave the water clear for the fall in Rubio Canyon .

Rubio and Eaton Canyons

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Pasadena front country Locate the trailheads: Rubio Canyon and Eaton Canyon . There was a week or so of rain, so I decided to go out and see the waterfalls. It was not heavy rain, just drawn out. Rubio Canyon Wandering up the various Rubio named streets, I got to the trailhead. The trail hadn't suffered under the recent watering. Unfortunately the canyon hadn't really filled up, either. I didn't see water in it until about halfway up the section of the trail in the canyon where some of the bottom is visible instead of the endless stones from the water company's little mistake. As I came into the canyon bottom, I spotted this little mushroom. The first sighting of water and there's not very much of it.

Solstice Canyon

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Solstice Canyon Park Locate the trail head. I went out to Marina del Rey searching for particular parts and failed, so the purpose of the trip didn't work out, but that area is a fun drive with funky homes all along the way. I had also brought along a few necessities for hiking around although I only had my sandals along. I decided to drive a little further up the coast to just past Malibu. There was a hike at the bottom of the hill from the one we did a while back. I drove past the road we'd got to Pacific Crest Highway on, recognizing it. I drove past Pepperdine. I spotted the Thai and sushi place we'd had dinner. Then I saw the road up to Solstice Canyon and managed to even feel confident enough about it to turn up it. In no time, I got to the trail head. The information by the parking lot confirmed there was a loop to be hiked in a little under three miles and that I needed to be out by sunset although my hiking book said 5PM. The shore was socked in with

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