Day 59: Charmlee Wilderness Park Loop

Heading down the trail with the family

Day# 59: Charmlee Wilderness Park 

Potrero/Ocean View/E. Meadow Trails
Charmlee Wilderness Park - Malibu, CA
Sunday, August 23rd, 2015
Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Pace: 44:16/min per mile
Distance: 2.39 miles
Elevation Gain: 345 feet 
Dogs OK?: Yes

Directions:
From the US-101 in Thousand Oaks:
Take the Westlake Blvd/CA-23 S exit and head south on Westlake Blvd
Continue on Westlake Blvd for 7.9 miles to Lechusa Rd
Turn left onto Lechusa Rd and continue onto Encinal Canyon Rd for 1.2 miles to park entrance on the right.
Park in the lot and don't forget to pay the iron ranger.

Today I wanted to go for a hike and take my sister and my nieces over to my work at Malibu Wines to check out the animals. I have been to Charmlee before and knew that it would make a nice family hike with some ocean views and easy trails.  Our friend Jen and her mom wanted to see the animals too so they decided to come along for the hike.

We started out down the Potrero Trail toward the ocean where we connected to the Ocean View trail to loop around to the ocean overlook.  Great weather and although there was a marine layer the views of Malibu where impressive nonetheless.

My sister with my youngest niece Ella at the overlook

After the overlook we looped around to the E. Meadow Trail and headed through some beautiful oak forests and grassy meadows back to the car.

Mila climbing around on the boulders