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Macondray and Vallejo

8/26/2018

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Russian Hill’s Vallejo stairs climb from Taylor to a minipark and sidewalk steps on both sides of Vallejo: 1 thru 10

Minipark views: 11 thru 16

44 south side-stairs/elevated walkway and views across: 17 thru 26

Jones double stairway at the west end (20 steps each): 27, 28

Down Jones to Macondray Lane: 29

West Macondray entrance across Jones: 30

Macondray — Jones to Taylor: 31 thru 43

The newer Macondray railings and 39 steps down to Taylor: 44 thru 57

The Green Street stairway up from Taylor partway to Jones: 58, 59

Looking across Taylor, the top of Ina Coolbrith stairpark: 60

Also across Taylor next to the stair-park is the top of the 77 Fallon steps: 61

Taylor nearing Broadway: 62

Broadway has sidewalk steps on both north and south sides and at the top dead-end for vehicles a low wall with benches: 63 thru 66

Taylor, now Nob Hill: 67, 68

California down to Pine. 192 west Taylor sidewalk steps: 69, 70

Into my own building: 71, 72


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11 Up to the minipark
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29 Jones down to Macondray Lane
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30 Across is Macondray from Jones to Leavenworth
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58 Green Street stairway up from Taylor
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60 Ina Coolbrith Park across Taylor
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61 Fallon Place center, across Taylor
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62 Taylor continuing down to Broadway
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63 Broadway is a dead-end for vehicles at the top
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64 This is the north Broadway sidewalk stairway
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65 Sidewalk steps on both sides of Broadway up from Taylor
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67 Now Nob Hill, Taylor between Clay and Sacramento
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69 Top of the 192 Taylor sidewalk stairs at California
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70 Foot of the west Taylor sidewalk stairway at Pine
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71 The building next door
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72 My building, a third-floor walkup
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Overlook Visit

8/25/2018

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A pleasant walk on the Presidio trail just above Arguello with the golf course on the west side: 1

Over to he Presidio's National Cemetery Overlook: 2 thru 9
 
https://www.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/san-francisco-national-cemetery.htm

 
98 steps down to the Park Trail and up again to the overlook: 10  thru 18

A short distance down the forested east trail and back up: 19 thru 25

The Spire on the way out of the park: 26


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Fogust for Berries

8/22/2018

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Fogust is the best month for blackberries. 

Up thru Fort Miley to start: 1thru 16

Another look at how the VA Hospital picnic area remake is coming along.  No public access yet:  17 thru 36


Across the top area with the benches and picnic tables: 37 thru 42

Down the Battle of the Bulge Trail to the Legion of Honor’s north parking lot: 43 thru 46


Down to one of Land’s End’s best berry foraging spots: 47, 48

Berry nice trail: 47 thru 58


Out to the Coastal Trail partway up: 59, 60, 61

Down the 138 steps on the west side: 62

Coastal Trail: 63 thru 69

​Trail back up to golf course/Legion of Honor:  70, 71, 72


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Walkable BBB

8/18/2018

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Baker Beach west for an August hike with Karl: 1 thru 7

Baker Beach’s new boardwalk is now walkable and the new deck at the beginning of it has benches and a lifeguard stand. 8 thru 22

Is  it to be continued past its present east end? Possibly to the Sand Ladder?

Up to Lincoln with a duney shortcut: 23 thru 31

Lincoln: 32, 33, 34

Trailhead for the Sand Ladder: 35

Batteries to Bluffs Trail W-E: 36 thru 81

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    I like meandering around on San Francisco's park trails and public stairways, sometimes taking photos, and enjoying nature and the outdoors.

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