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Good Way to Warm Up

12/29/2017

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​The Presidio's Batteries to Bluffs Trail east to west: 1 thru 34

Around 471 steps

Crossing Lincoln at the BTB's west trailhead, the Connector Trail up to Immigrant Point Overlook/Rob Hill Campground: 35, 36, 37, 38

​208 steps
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Ina Val Flor

12/26/2017

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Up from Taylor, Russian Hill’s Vallejo stairs to the minipark — 104 steps: 1 thru 11

Minipark to Florence walkway (south side of Vallejo): 12, 13, 14

Florence and her 54 steps down to Broadway: 15 thru 23
 
Top of Ina Coolbrith Park, down from Taylor: 24

Starting down: 25 thru 30

36 brick steps on the north side of the park: 31 thru 35

South stairway: 36 thru 39

On the walkway over to the north side again, past older apt. buildings: 40 thru 44

 
Total of 119 steps up to Taylor on the south side from the foot: 45 thru 51 

Top of the one-way stairway next to the park, Fallon Place: 52.


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49 Back to the concrete benches again
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Worst Yet

12/24/2017

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To once again check out the picnic spot at the top of Lands End, above Fort Miley Forest, first into the forest, to the paved pedestrian trail. Out to the old Fort Miley buildings and picnic area: 1 thru 16

Then curving round the VA Hospital parking lot from the west side to the north parking lot. Between the windsock and helipad on the west and the Battle of the Bulge Trail to the east: 17

For the Battle of the Bulge Trail, you can also walk along the Legion of Honor parking lot (across from the golf course) nearly to its west end. Between parked cars is a short flight of stairs to a winding trail, with a few more steps at the top, where there are places to sit up here. 

This was the fourth or so time this year I’d checked the picnic spot to see if it had reopened. There’s constant construction going on around the parking lot area on the west side, but I’ve never seen anyone working down below. 

Some years ago (2010?) the edge of the north parking lot got shored up and a picnic area was aded below. 

It had walkways, stairs, benches, picnic tables, and lots of new plantings. It was a delightful little place anyone could visit with wood stairways descending from east and west.

Some of the plants that were chosen seem to be doing okay, no doubt thanks to the bit of rain we got this fall. The others, not so well. Notice the lush, older Lands End greenery nearby.
 
The plastic coverings over part of the area have expanded. What are their plans for it? It just looks so neglected. It has been a year or so since they closed it to visitors due to heavy rains — that happened LAST rainy season.

So from the narrow railed walkway above, looking down and across: 18 thru 38

Above Lands End: 39, 40 , 41

Battle of the Bulge Trail: 42 thru 51

Continuing past the yellow vehicle barrier at the west end of the parking lot and down 47 steps to the top Lands End trail, the El Camino del Mar: 52 thru 58

Out to the upper parking lot overlook on the El Camino del Mar: 59 thru 67  

Upper parking lot overlook: 68 thru 75
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Canyonswing

12/24/2017

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Entering Glen Canyon Park via the south trailhead off Bosworth (pic 1) again as the #44 bus (stops at Elk) often comes before the #52 that goes up to Diamond Heights.

Along the upper westside trail: 2 thru 6

Turning for the east side and up 61 steps to the rocks area: 7  thru 12

And a swingin’ surprise! Who knows how long this one will stay up. Thee’s a sad tendency for installed park swings to soon disappear. This one could be gone by the time of this post: 13 thru 22

Climbing, north: 23, 24, 25

Up 79 more steps to the uppermost eastside trail that’s just below Christopher Park: 26 thru 30


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Cemeast West

12/23/2017

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Starting off a Presidio hike, uphill on Spruce from California Street, the same house I took Halloween decoration pix of had a new animated display: 1 thru 5

Passing thru Julius Kahn Park at the north end of Spruce, down to El Polin Spring: 6

Up 36 steps to the Main Post: 7, 8, 9
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Up 56 steps to Post Chapel: 10, 11, 12

Trailhead for the forest from the east side: 13

A gorgeous winding trail out at the Cemetery Overlook 14 thru 28

Cemetery Overlook area:: 29 thru 37


Now down the west side from the overlook to Park Trail, 98 steps: 38, 39, 40

Park Trail:  41, 42


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Fran and the Garden

12/2/2017

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This is another Bernal Heights east hike and long overdue visit to the Nice Neighborhood Garden. Google Maps says its name is Wolfe Lane Community Garden.

The garden's foot is at Brewster, across from the top of the Rutledge stairs.
THENs (2005) for the north side: 1, 2

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21 steps to the first tier on the south side, now with a table and chairs.

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23 steps for the second level: 7, 8, 9

47 more steps up (10, 11) ​to the Nice Neighborhood Garden sign.
THEN: 12
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Nearby is the top of the Franconia stairway (102 steps).

THENs from 2004 before the huge makeover later that year: 15 thru 18

THENs from 2005:  19, 20

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​Franconia below Montcalm: 33


Colorful house on Montcalm: 34

​Peralta stairways -- First on the short, uneven concrete 
flight up to Rutledge: 35, 36, 37

Crossing Rutledge, a longer stairway up to Samoset: 38, 39, 40 


Another colorful home near the east edge of Bernal Heights Park: 41

Heading west on the south side of Bernal Heights Blvd. are three separate stairways down to the next street: 42 thru 45 

Alongside the Blvd. guardrail some newer plantings and a Guardian Eye: 46, 47


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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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