Geocaching along the Backbone Trail from Will Rogers to Trippet Ranch in Topanga State Park

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Our route through Topanga State Park, shown in light blue, as seen from Google Earth. We started at the lower-right, in Will Rogers State Historic Park.
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Searcing for the first cache
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The cache is handily in hand!
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Starting up towards Rogers Road on the Inspiration Point Trail
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The next cache is an ammo can
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Checking the coordinates
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Starting up Rogers Road and on the Backbone proper
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Rogers Road has great views of the city below us
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Searching for a geocache on a side trail
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Got it!
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Trail runners coming up
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Still on Rogers Road
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The trail gets a little narrower higher up
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It took a long time to find, but the cache turned out to be in this hole, covered with mud
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Rogers Road Trail is quite rutted in some steeper places
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The trail ahead!
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State Parks has done trail clearing down to this point on Rogers Road
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Towards the top, Rogers Road has become a road again after years and years of being a trail
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