Point Dume hike...

Posted by Lisa on November 17, 2008 2:59 PM | Views: 65 | Permalink | Comments (1)

we went for a small hike recently to an area just north of Malibu called "Point Dume"....here is some info and pictures from it, click on any pictures to see the original photo at its high resolution.....on November 24, 1793, English explorer George Vancouver, commender of an expedition to determine the extent of settlement of the northwest coast of America, named this rocky promontory "point Dume" afterhis Franciscon friend "Father Francisco Dumetiz. at Mission San Buenaventura. Pont DUme is the western terminus of Santa Monica bay and has been an important landmark for navigators since Vancouver voyage in 1793!

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Lynn

November 26, 2008 6:31 AM

Looks like a great place for a hike. Hope you had a great time.

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