Charmlee Geocaching Hike in Malibu

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This hike was a Conejo Valley Geocachers Meetup event

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View of our hike as seen by Google Earth, looking north-west. We started at the right end of the blue line and hiked in a counter-clockwise direction.
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View of our hike as seen by Google Earth, looking south-east. We started at the lower left and hiked in a counter-clockwise direction.
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Starting out on Lulu Carr Rd, heading south
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Up a side road to find the first geocache
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Pete tries to open the geocache, a rusty cookie tin
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Next, Carol gives it a try
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After eventually getting the cache open, we head south again towards Charmlee
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The second cache is in these rocks somewhere
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Found it after a very careful reading of the cache description, something we don't usually bother with (unless we can't find it)
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Standing in a little shade to figure out where the next cache is
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We're starting to get a glimpse of Pt Dume as we get closer to the ocean
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Next stop is the Ranch House ruins
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It's around here somewhere, isn't it?
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Marion thinks she sees something...
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...Yes, she found it for us!
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The view from the site of the old ranch house
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Continuing on...
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We can see Sandstone Peak as we hike along
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We turn down the Matt Kouba Trail
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Still on the Matt Kouba Trail
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The next cache site was on the Clyde Canyon Trail
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We poked around the base of the tree...
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... that's where the hint said it would be...
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... and we poked more, then a lot more, but we never found it.
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Oh well, there are more to be found!
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