Thanksgiving (Yuletide Season)

Some attracting pictures. What are you thankful for? EG are your needs met? For example, it could be having a home to go to, enough money, food/clothing/water/shelter, good problems, friends, being needed and wanted, doing what you love to do, spiritual growth and plateaus, those people you've helped to grow in the past year, opportunities, intellectual growth, dreams accomplished, goals achieved, better integrity, ...the list can go on and on.

More Earl Canyon

Here's a "first saddle" area about 1.5 miles up. Good lunch spot. It has a view of Gould mesa. The small white thing may be a teepee for stayovers. This trail can also be accessed from Oak Grove Park in Pasadena and the Earl Canyon trail...going east to southeast. One elevates about 1500 feet to get to the saddle and another 1800-2000 feet to access Mt. Lukens. An interesting route would be to start at the ball fields in Big Tujunga Canyon mouth...traverse the Rim of the Valley trail...up Haines Canyon to Mt Lukens and go east across the fire road and down to Oak Grove Park...about 21 miles for this loop. A car shuttle would make it easier.

Earl Canyon 10/05/08

Here are some pictures. This canyon parallels Pickens Canyon northeast of the Crescenta alluvial plain. The fire road will get to the summit several miles later. One can go east toward Grizzly flat or west toward Mt Lukens. A number of connecting trails can be done for loop hikes. This day was pleasant after a very brief rain and cooling off. Hints of fall coming in. EG the toyon berry now getting red. Deciduous trees are beginning to turn to yellow-orange. Acorns on all the oaks. One notes the big cone spruce trees living precipitously on the cliff sides...well up to 5000 feet and probably at least 6000 feet above sea level. This is a very scenic area and good energy here. Great views of Pasadena, La Canada, and the Verdugo corridor. Downtown and the ocean can reasonably be seen on a clear day.