nothing like 90 minutes of exploring to liven up a 30 minute walk home
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my goal was to avoid walking on either miramonte or grant, which would be the boring routes home. miramonte i chanced upon because i'd lost my sense of direction after exiting the hospital, and when i finally reached grant i decided it was ok to follow it since it would no longer be boring and i was tired (hey, it was hot.)
the second highest point of this journey was in the middle of cuesta park when i happened upon three guys sitting in the shade of a tree on top of a hill, one chatting and two playing guitar; i sat down facing outwards to watch the kids go by on their 16" bicycles while i listened.
the highest point was when i chanced to walk barefoot on a little waterfall-like construct in the middle of the turnabout in front of el camino hospital (i couldn't find a better picture than this) and discovered a hidden treasure. there is a sort of circular wall that goes around the middle of the middle of the turnaround, sloping slightly downwards (going counterclockwise) and ending about a foot high just a few feet off from where it started as seven feet high. around the outside of about a third of it, there's a sort of tiny brick staircase with water running down it. when i went to walk on the little stairs, though, i noticed that the wall itself had a trough along its top with lots of water running through it, like a super-long mini water slide. then of course i climbed up on it and walked down its length. so if i ever find myself coming home from work super-stressed, i will probably go climb up to it and perch on its top with my feet in the water.
my goal was to avoid walking on either miramonte or grant, which would be the boring routes home. miramonte i chanced upon because i'd lost my sense of direction after exiting the hospital, and when i finally reached grant i decided it was ok to follow it since it would no longer be boring and i was tired (hey, it was hot.)
the second highest point of this journey was in the middle of cuesta park when i happened upon three guys sitting in the shade of a tree on top of a hill, one chatting and two playing guitar; i sat down facing outwards to watch the kids go by on their 16" bicycles while i listened.
the highest point was when i chanced to walk barefoot on a little waterfall-like construct in the middle of the turnabout in front of el camino hospital (i couldn't find a better picture than this) and discovered a hidden treasure. there is a sort of circular wall that goes around the middle of the middle of the turnaround, sloping slightly downwards (going counterclockwise) and ending about a foot high just a few feet off from where it started as seven feet high. around the outside of about a third of it, there's a sort of tiny brick staircase with water running down it. when i went to walk on the little stairs, though, i noticed that the wall itself had a trough along its top with lots of water running through it, like a super-long mini water slide. then of course i climbed up on it and walked down its length. so if i ever find myself coming home from work super-stressed, i will probably go climb up to it and perch on its top with my feet in the water.
