The Venture Patrol made the most of our sunny California weather on Sunday the 20th and went on a hike to a couple of the local famous sites. The first stop was the Bronson Caves. This is best known as the Bat Cave entrance from the TV series, but they also filmed parts of "Bonanza," "Star Trek: Voyager," "Fantasy Island," "Little House on the Prairie," "The Lone Ranger," "Gunsmoke," "Wild Wild West," "The Scorpion King," "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," "Lost Horizon" and the original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers. After the caves, we continued the hike up to the HOLLYWOOD sign. We got right behind and above the sign and had a great view over the whole LA area. A reward for our effort was a stop at the original Tommy's Burger Shack. -- Steve Roth
