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LAGUNA CANYON FOUNDATION
August 2010 E-Letter ___________________________________
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Wood Canyon: Dripping Cave, photo by Terry Tyson, See Flickr Album.
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The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
~Henry David Thoreau, American author, 1817-1862 |
Like countless similar depressions dotting South Coast Wilderness rock faces, Dripping Cave was formed by wind and water erosion. Water seeping above the cave creates a rare, almost continuously damp, refuge from sun and heat. Stagecoach bandits once used this "Robber Cave" as a hideout, boring holes in the rock and building fires that left still-visible soot marks on the ceiling. Wood Canyon Creek supports oak and sycamore groves that make this area of Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park surprisingly lush--a good choice for summer exploration. The park is rich in archeological evidence of its past as home to native peoples, explorers, missionaries and ranchers. You can protect important landmarks like Dripping Cave by helping Laguna Canyon Foundation KEEP IT WILD. Click here for a video tour. |
Escape the summer heat in Wood Canyon on our California Natives hike August 28. For details and printable calendars through September, visit LCF Events.
Laguna Canyon Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, protecting and enhancing the South Coast Wilderness.
Help Us KEEP IT WILD
 
Questions? E-mail Ellen Girardeau Kempler, Communications Director, Laguna Canyon Foundation, lagunacf3@lagunacanyon.org
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