What's at the end of Calabasas Road?

I decided to find out, and knock out a trail run while I was at it. It turns out that this is Las Virgenes View Park, which is not to be confused with Las Virgines View Trail, which is not in this particular park. This park is right next to the 101, so hum of traffic is often in the background.

I drove down to the end of Calabasas Road, parked the car and went out to the trailhead, which is where the De Anza Trail begins. The nice thing about this trail is that it has lots of interpretive kiosks, and features a section of the original, stone El Camino Real. The bad thing is that the trails are completely overgrown. At one point I got completely off the trail and was chin-deep in grassland and had to backtrack to find the trail again. Also, I kept getting pricked with these prickly-leaf plants which grow right in the middle of the trail. (I wish I wore nylon pants instead of the light mesh pants.)

Inspite this, this is the worthy trail because of the many scenic points and solitude. At some secluded parts of the trail, I could imagine myself as a pre-Columbian Indian running messages from one village to the next.