The Roberts home in Solstice Canyon, "Tropical Terrace," was designed by architect Paul Williams in 1952. By the way, he warned them of the possible consequences posed by fire danger, and balked at introducing a non-native site into a pristine environment. Thirty years later, the house did burn in a forest fire, and the Roberts family sold the property to the National Park Service to become part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Ironically, amid the ruins of the Roberts home, the tropical vegetation survived the fire and still lives on today (the rest of the hike is relatively pristine with native flora to shade your hike to the waterfall).
It is one of the few year-round waterfalls that is a short distance from LA, just off Pacific Coast Highway, easily reachable by a pleasant hike. Millions of tourists to Malibu pass by it every years without even knowing it exists.
It is one of the few year-round waterfalls that is a short distance from LA, just off Pacific Coast Highway, easily reachable by a pleasant hike. Millions of tourists to Malibu pass by it every years without even knowing it exists.
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This is one of my favorite hikes. And your post with the info on the Paul Williams designed home with map is really informative. Do you mind if I link from my site to this post?
Thank you; By all means. By the way, the Thursday, March 8, 2007 San Francisco Chronicle (sfgate.com) has an excellent column by Tom Sienstra on his 'best of the best' in California travel. It's well worth reading through his archived articles for information on the many gems --most of which are bypassed by the crowds-- to be found throughout California. Even when there is a record breaking heat wave, many locations offer an accessable, comfortable outing... without having to fight traffic and mobs for a choice parking spot or place to picnic. Sunday, for example, I was at Angel's Gate in San Pedro, enjoying a pleasant breeze as families flew kites or enjoyed the view of Santa Catalina. I could only imagine what the traffic jam must have been like from Malibu to Laguna Beach along the shore!
I'll have to check that out. Thanks again.
Oh, I see that because I don't have a blogger account you can't see my website where I mention Soltice Canyon (with a link to your wonderful site) at the bottom of my latest post on Paul R. Willliams.
This is my site url -
www.aprilbaby.typepad.com
Click on the header at the top of this post for a link to Michele's site.
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