Ahhh.. The Malibu Creek Backbone trail... the wonder, the beauty, the serenity....the vomit?
So before I start this Blog entry...just a short word of advice. If you feel sick the morning of your hike, and your are dizzy and feeling faint... Don't attempt a 15 mile hike. Ok that being said, lets continue with our story.
Our day started off with a nice morning drive to the Malibu Creek State Park. After our hour drive we entered the state park and parked our car. As we put on our gear, we ran into a group of trail runners warming up for what looked to be a long day of running.
We started on the trail and decided to venture .25 miles away from the course onto a different trail that would meet up with the original trail. We thought it would be a good idea, but it turned out that this path was not ment to be, as we ran into a locked chain link fence. We turned around and started back up the trail. We figured we would reverse the route and visit the M.A.S.H. Film set first.
As we headed back up the trail, Elizabeth let us know that she wasn't feeling to well. She insisted that we push on, and that she would be fine. Mile or so later Elizabeth was feeling faint.
We got to the M.A.S.H. filming site, took a few photo's and then turned around and headed back the car. At this point Elizabeth looked as if she was trying her hardest to keep from throwing up. About .5 miles to the car, Elizabeth couldn't hold it back anymore, and added her own personal touch to the Malibu State Park landscape, "Mt. Half Digested Turkey Sandwich".
Elizabeth was too sick to drive home, so I offered to drive us back. We hopped on the freeway and weren't on it for more than 10 mins before it came to a complete stand still. Turned out, there had been a freeway shooting, and the whole 101 was closed. Jen and I spend the next 3 hours fighting freeway run off as we navigated our way through, Glendale, Pasadena, etc.
We later found out that the freeway shooting was actually a driver who shot himself in the head committing suicide while drive on the freeway. After he had shot himself, he crashed and caused a horrific accident.
All in all, we all agreed that this hike was just not meant to be. Maybe we will revisit this hike in the future, but as for now, on to bigger and better hikes.
Our day started off with a nice morning drive to the Malibu Creek State Park. After our hour drive we entered the state park and parked our car. As we put on our gear, we ran into a group of trail runners warming up for what looked to be a long day of running.
We started on the trail and decided to venture .25 miles away from the course onto a different trail that would meet up with the original trail. We thought it would be a good idea, but it turned out that this path was not ment to be, as we ran into a locked chain link fence. We turned around and started back up the trail. We figured we would reverse the route and visit the M.A.S.H. Film set first.
As we headed back up the trail, Elizabeth let us know that she wasn't feeling to well. She insisted that we push on, and that she would be fine. Mile or so later Elizabeth was feeling faint.
We got to the M.A.S.H. filming site, took a few photo's and then turned around and headed back the car. At this point Elizabeth looked as if she was trying her hardest to keep from throwing up. About .5 miles to the car, Elizabeth couldn't hold it back anymore, and added her own personal touch to the Malibu State Park landscape, "Mt. Half Digested Turkey Sandwich".
Elizabeth was too sick to drive home, so I offered to drive us back. We hopped on the freeway and weren't on it for more than 10 mins before it came to a complete stand still. Turned out, there had been a freeway shooting, and the whole 101 was closed. Jen and I spend the next 3 hours fighting freeway run off as we navigated our way through, Glendale, Pasadena, etc.
We later found out that the freeway shooting was actually a driver who shot himself in the head committing suicide while drive on the freeway. After he had shot himself, he crashed and caused a horrific accident.
All in all, we all agreed that this hike was just not meant to be. Maybe we will revisit this hike in the future, but as for now, on to bigger and better hikes.
