Escondido Falls in Malibu became insta-famous during Covid, at which point I stopped hiking there. Today was my first visit in at least seven years; I thought maybe the trend had passed and we’d have the place to ourselves on a weekday morning. But no, it was crowded with young selfie-takers. There wasn’t a huge amount of trash — I packed out half a dozen bottles and as many foil wrappers — so that was gratifying. And I guess it’s good that young people are out in nature, right? But it’ll probably be another seven years before I go back there. I prefer the roads less travelled.
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