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Picnic VA

6/23/2018

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From the 38 Geary stop at the VA Hospital, west to an old favorite trail that took me past the VA Hospital’s community garden: 1 thru 7

The “hidden” old stairway and trail is just above Battery Chester: 8 thru 19

Down the unique and steep trail of thick sand to check for early blackberries. Several tiny but ripe:20 thru 27

Down to the El Camino del Mar Trail and east for the 47 steps to the west edge of the Legion of Honor parking lot: 28 thru 39

Up the Battle of the Bulge Trail: 40 thru 45

At the top of Land’s End/VA Hospital: 46, 47, 48 

Continuing west to see if anything was new with the picnic area that’s been closed to the public for well over a year due to storm damage. 

The east steps down are still closed. The west stairway is gone now, in its place a slope with new plantings. When this reopens wonder if they’re gonna only have one stairway. 

Along the top at the VA Hospital’s north parking lot, from east to west:  49 thru 73

Passing the helipad as I circled back to where I started: 74

Fort Miley's picnic area: 75 thru 78

On my way down thru the forest, a short detour to say hi to the Fort Miley Octagon House, the former Point Lobos Marine Exchange Lookout Station. In a perfect world this old beauty would be open to the public and safe from vandals and taggers: 79 thru 84

Continuing down: 85, 86, 87

Sutro Heights Park from the 38R Geary bus: 88


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8 Right turn here
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10 Another right at foot of first short flight
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27 Down to El Camino del Mar Trail
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29 Nasturtiums
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30 A favorite place to eat lunch
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33 Land's End/Coastal Trail below
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34 Connector stairs between trails
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37 Back up on n the El Camino del Mar Trail
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38 47 steps from the El Camino del Mar to Legion of Honor parking lot
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45 Top of Battle of the Bulge Trail
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68 The west stairway is gone!
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70 Wonder if they will put a new stairway here
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74 The helipad
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75 Fort Miley picnic area
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76 Battery Chester
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79 Fort Miley forest detour to Octagon House
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88 Sutro Heights Park west side from the 38R Geary
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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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