Koko and I went to this place called
Murphy's Ranch over at Rustic Canyon. I had never heard of this
magically strange place that is about 40 minutes from my front door.
We headed down Sunset Blvd. and ended up turning onto Capri and
parking in the residential area. We started up a paved road, passed a
guy on a bike that told us things star a half hour away, and we were
off.
While we hiked we kept on wondering how
in the hell all this stuff got into this area. I mean, I have lived
in this area for almost 20 years and never heard of this place and
have passed it plenty of times not knowing that scenes that could be
in Lord of the Rings was so close. There are areas where the trails
are kinda hidden and hard to see if you aren't paying attention and
others that are stairs. Good lord, the stairs. I'll get to those soon
enough. Here is some half-assed history of this Murphy Ranch that I
found online and none of it seems 100% agreed upon.
