Exploring Thousand Oaks

Charlie and Marin decided to take to the hills behind the apartment complex last week. Charlie watched "The Jungle Book" a lot at Grandma's house, so the idea of exploring through the jungles of California sounded pretty cool to him. He told Marin that he was Mogli and she could be Bagheera.
Most of our journey was along this drainage funnel thingy. It was pretty outdoorsy for a paved walkway: there were rabbits and lizards all over the place.

Here is one of the thousand oaks in Thousand Oaks.

Charlie lost his Mogli spirit right about here and started asking to be carried. Marin is trying to ween him out of being carried, and she convinced him to press forward.

Marin grew up in this area, and when she sees views like this, she feels an eerie sense of deja vu. It's not that she ever climbed this particular hill, but surroundings are all familiar. Even the smell of the air is familiar.

We found some rocks to climb at the top of the mountain, and Charlie/Mogli was satisfied. The total time of the round trip was about 40 minutes. Next time we'll lengthen it out by bringing a snack or something.