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    Default Southern California Creeking

    I just found some old pictures of kayaking around Los Angeles and Southern California. Many of the pictures had received some water damage from improper storage but you can still get the gist of it. Most of the pictures were taken in the mid 1990's as you can tell by the boats and the short shorts

    The pictures ar of:

    Big Tujunga Canyon Narrows
    West Fork of the San Gabriel River
    Mill Creek Narrows, a tributary to Big Tujunga
    Sespe Creek
    Piru Creek

    As I find more pictures I will post them.

    I wanted to let people know that adventure lurks at your back door, you just have to think outside the box.
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    Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing.

    FWIW- I grew up exploring around both Sespe and Piru. My wife's great-grandmother died last year at the age of 101. She moved to Piru as an infant (100 years ago!). My in-laws have some amazing historical photos of the area. Good stuff.

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    Fantastic photos!!!!

    Thanks for sharing!

    What the story with the helicopter in the backround of one of the photos?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joaquin Suave
    Fantastic photos!!!!

    Thanks for sharing!

    What the story with the helicopter in the backround of one of the photos?
    LOL. That trip was on Sespe Creek. It was day 2 of a 4 day trip. My dad who worked at Air Ops decided to come check up on us and bring us some Kentucky Fried Chicken. Doesn't that happen to everyone? He was just being a concerned dad. That is me on the right and a fireman I work with on the left. That was a fantastic trip, condors, bear, deer and KFC.

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    Awsome pics Kellymoe, makes me wish I wasn't nursing a shoulder injury cause all our creeks/rivers are BOOMING right now. Awsome stuff, gotta love whitewater eh

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    Was that Piru Creek the one out near Hungry Valley and the Los Padres National Forest?

    Thanks.........
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    Quote Originally Posted by teotwaki
    Was that Piru Creek the one out near Hungry Valley and the Los Padres National Forest?

    Thanks.........
    Yep, I have kayaked from Alamo Mtn rd. where the road crosses Piru down to Pyramid Lake. I have also kayaked from just below Pyramid Lake 15 miles down into Piru Lake. The Pyramid to Piru section is absolutely remote and beautiful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kellymoe
    LOL. That trip was on Sespe Creek. It was day 2 of a 4 day trip. My dad who worked at Air Ops decided to come check up on us and bring us some Kentucky Fried Chicken. Doesn't that happen to everyone? He was just being a concerned dad. That is me on the right and a fireman I work with on the left. That was a fantastic trip, condors, bear, deer and KFC.
    Did he let you use it as a shuttle vehicle? That would be rad.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Speaker
    Did he let you use it as a shuttle vehicle? That would be rad.
    Not on that trip. Lets just say on another Sespe trip a pilot needed to log some hours for practice and they just happened to be going buy my house This is purely hypothetical of course
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    Thank you for the photos

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