When times get boring and I have had enough.
I take a ride up Box Canyon Rd.
Image of Yucca Plant in Box Canyon.
Box Canyon Road begins at the corner of Lake Manor Drive and Valley Circle Blvd. It ascends a hill overlooking the San Fernando Valley.
It leads into the old Santa Susanna Pass Road. It is a wild ride that contains the feelings of how ‘the San Fernando Valley’ once was when I was a kid.
The desert meets the rolling hills of rocks, dirt, wildflowers, and herbs. This is a place of mystery too. It was once the hang-out of the notorious Charles Mansion family who used to creepy-crawl through-out houses in the ‘Valley’.
Yet, this doesn’t spoil it for me. I drive on Box Canyon Road on rainy days. My favorite time is on foggy mornings when the clouds meet the hills.
The earth opens up with fragrant softness. Is there a valley down below or the end of the earth; a drop into vast whiteness because when you look up you see the same view.
Any time you go there the Lady-Face rock will greet you. There is a ranch halfway up Box Canyon Road that I dream of owning.
The view from the house I am familiar with and the barn there is a place for horses.
