Hiking the Skelton Ridge Trail in Thousand Oaks on January 8, 2012.

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View of our hike as shown in Google Earth, looking from the south-west. We started at the lower-left, on Westlake Blvd. and hiked up the Skelton Cyn Trail for about 0.8 miles, before returning to the ridgeline trail that heads north.
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Geocaching at the trailhead on Westlake Blvd.
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Skelton Canyon Trail
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Finding a geocache under an oak tree
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The purple sage is almost as tall as we are!
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Taking a break to recalibrate before heading up Skelton Ridge
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The new mustard hasn't started to grow up to replace last year's dead crop
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Skelton Ridge Trail goes staight up the hill
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There always seems to be another hill ahead of us!
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We're just about at the top here
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Of course there's a geocache at the highest point
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W found several animal traps next to the trail, and more!
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Top of the animal trap
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Continuing north on the trail, but now we get to go downhill
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This trap has a sign next to it
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Here's a close-up of the sign
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Stopping to find another geocache
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We also saw several wildlife cameras like this one
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Coming back down the hill