Friday, July 1, 2011 - First day of my birthday month!! ;-)
The walk begins at the corner of Polk and Lombard, we live close enough so we made the walk over to the start. Vasi was able to join us today while David was fishing in Alaska. The views were GREAT and we felt that this area was very peaceful.
Chestnut Stairway
On this walk we discovered a BEAUTIFUL basketball court and the Alice Marble tennis courts, part of the 2.6 acre park, on Water Department land, with the Lombard reservoir beneath (built in 1860). MENTAL NOTE: come back here with Taylor!Jane, Dick's mother, knew of a special landscape artist, Thomas Church, and had shown me an article in a LIFE magazine about the many gardens he created, one in particular in SF. We found it today!! It could use a little more TLC, but it was still a very special little spot.
We knew about wild parrots on Telegraph Hill. We did not know, and the book doesn't state, they are also on a little side street - Montclair Terrace - off the crookedest street Lombard, at least this day they were out! Noisy little boogers!! Glad we don't live here!
Love the view from Lombard.
End of the Trail.
We walked over to Safeway, picked up some avocados, tomatoes, cilantro and peppers to make some guacamole. Total time: 2 hours. Distance walked: 4 miles.
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