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Good Way to Warm Up

12/29/2017

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

1 Batteries to Bluffs Trail

34 West trailhead at Lincoln

35 Across Lincoln at the crosswalk, up the Connector Trail

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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.

1 Taylor up to a minipark

2 104 steps

8 Side shortcut to the minipark

11 Minipark st top of Vallejo steps

13 Vallejo elated walkways

14 Turn left on Florence

18 54 Florence steps

22 Down to Broadway

23 Top of Broadway wall

24 Top of Ina Coolbtith Park

28 View east

31 North stairway

36 South stairs down

40 Another north stairway

41 Looking north to south

43 To the right are older apt. buildings

45 Starting up the sough stairs from the foot of the park

49 Back to the concrete benches again

51 Continuing back up to Taylor

52 Top of Fallon Place down from Taylor

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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

1 Starting up

4 Into Fort Miley Forest from the south edge

8 Down this trail to the octagon building

12 Fort Miley icnic area

14 Another way up to the VA Hospital parking lot, right

16 Top of two short flights up to VA Hospital west parking lot

17 Top of Lands End looking north

18 Picnic area still closed

40 Above Lands End

42 Top of Battle of the Bulge Trail

51 Down to Legion of Honor parking lot

52 Down from west end of Legion of Honor parking lot to El Camino del Mar Trail

53 47 steps

59 El Camino del Mar Trail

64 89 steps for the connector to the Coastal Trail

65 Nice spot to sit and have lunch if it's not already occupied

66 Looking down at second Coastal Trail overlook from the El Camino del Mar

67 El Camino del Mar Trail out to upper parking lot overlook

70 59 steps down to Coastal Trail from upper parking lot overlook

74 Behind USs SF Memorial

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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

1 Bosworth trailhead into the park

2 Eastside from the west trail

7 IslaisCreek footbridge

10 61 steps

25 More stairs ahead

26 79 steps for this one

30 Just below Christopher Park in Diamond Heights

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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

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

1 Spruce near California St.

6 69 steps up to Ecology Trail

7 This way to the Main Post

8 36 steps -used to be concrete

10 Up to Post Chapel

11 56 steps

13 Trailhead to left

17 Post Chapel

23 Eucalyptus aromatherapy - Rub the leaves

38 98 steps to Park Trail

41 Park Trail

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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
NOW: 3

21 steps to the first tier on the south side, now with a table and chairs.
THEN: 4
NOWs: 5, 6

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

47 more steps up (10, 11) to the Nice Neighborhood Garden sign.
THEN: 12
NOWs: 13, 14

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

NOWs: 21 thru 32

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