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How did I end up here, in what often feels like the Wild West, traveling on this rustic dirt trail — and in a hiking vest?!

The shorter excursions are after-work walks of five to six miles on Tuesdays and Thursdays led by Gutierrez in the Long Beach area, or Thursdays in Santa Monica’s Rustic Canyon, led by members Dave and Kristy Moorman.

Less than an hour later and a quarter of a mile away from Mesa Road, at the Rustic Canyon Recreational Park, local performer “California Joe, the Explorer Magician” was performing a pirate-themed magic act for a 4-year-old’s birthday party in front of about 60 guests.

Visibility was at a minimum in this rustic San Gabriel Mountains town on Wednesday as flames from the explosive Bridge fire chewed through several homes and outbuildings.

Chickens and ducks live in a rustic L-shaped structure in the back and fruit trees line the property’s perimeter.