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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”
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Canoe Campin’ and Fishin’ in Minnesota
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Rocky Peak Park, Santa Susana Mountains
The bedrock plated, boulder strewn hills of Rocky Peak northeast of Simi Valley are made of the Chatsworth Formation, a 6000 foot thick sandstone deposit formed at the bottom of the ocean at the time of the dinosaurs. The sand … Continue reading
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Tagged Caves, Chatsworth Formation, Rocks, Sandstone, Santa Susana Mountains, Simi Valley
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