Today we went to Malibu Creek State Park, a place where a lot of movies/tv shows have been made. We are huge fans of M.A.S.H. and went purposely to locate the area where the movie/tv show was made. We hiked in about 2.3 miles, but were somewhat disappointed that there was not much to see, save for a burned out jeep and ambulance. There are volunteers that are currently in the process of revitalizing the set, but not much has been done to date.
What was evident, was the landscape that looked very familiar to us. I can see the helicopters coming over the ridges that you see below.
You an see the helicopter pad at the top of this small hill. I kept looking for Hockeye, BJ and of course Major Hollihan.
http://www.venturacountytrails.org/News/0168-MalibuCreekStParkHistory/NewsPage.htm
There were stakes in the ground and we tried to picture where the mess tent was and especially "the swamp".
http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-mash2feb02 link to more information about M.A.S.H. and other movies made in the park. http://www.courant.com/travel/la-trw-mash2feb02,0,1107150.story?page=2
While we were walking the trail, we saw a couple of parrots and could hear a whole lot more in the trees. Was kind of neat.
These were a couple huge turkey vultures that we saw on the trail as well a deer. What a cool afternoon we had.
Have you ever seen/heard of the movie "Mr. Blanding Builds His Dream House". Movie was made in 1948 and stared Cary Grant and Myrna Loy. Was a cute movie about a couple building their first home and it just seemed to get larger and larger and more expensive as it went along. This is the house that was in the movie that is in Malibu Creek State Park, which is now the State Park office. There's a camping area that is near the house.
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