Walk #24
While the San Francisco Giants were winning the NL West, I was working a booth at the Castro Street Fair. Naturally, I decided to walk to the fair, and naturally, I was running late. I went as direct as I could without too much repeating. Then I had a bit of extra time so I cruised up and down Beaver St because it seemed funny. ( I know, I know, it's like I'm 15).
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After my scheduled shift I joined some friends and we walked around the fair a bit, but it was officially too many people for me and I had to get out of there and get walking! I opted to go the long way so I could walk with Randy and have some company as we huffed and puffed our way up the hills. We walked up Noe and when I say up I mean UP. I wish this picture was a better representation of our hike. Oh well. Trust me, it was up.
As we walked Randy inquired about any new street misspellings I have found. Sadly, there hasn't been much walking recently and the answer was no. But as we crested Noe and began a descent, we crossed Alvarado St. And this made us really happy. Like finding a hidden treasure Randy said.
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We turned out on 23rd and I bid a fond farewell to my drinking, er ... walking, buddy.
From 23rd to Grand View, I went up this spiral walkway to cross Market and got this view of the City.
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My fear of heights, especially over major traffic thoroughfares, didn't let me admire the foggy beauty of the scene for long.
Across Market, I headed toward Clayton with a detour on Romain St. As I was on this piece of Clayton yesterday, I decided to mix it up (literally up) and take the Pemberton Stairway. It was very pleasant and in the third section of the stairs (the less uniformed section) I met a resident who was out doing some gardening. It looked like way too much work for me, but she seemed to be enjoying it quite a bit. Odd.
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I emerged from the stairs on Crown Terrace, a street that really seemed to be more driveway than anything else. The one car that passed me definitely gave me a look like "what the heck are you doing here" quickly followed by "WE'RE #1!!!" Once they noticed my Giants sweatshirt. I think they were coming home from the game.
I turned onto Twin Peaks and found this house. Or is it a castle?
I took Twin Peaks to Carmel, (detour up to the end of Cole),
up Shrader to Belgrave which led me to Tank Hill.
I have never heard of Tank Hill and wasn't really expecting
to find anything at the end of Belgrave.
So I was pleasantly surprised when I found this.
A dirt staircase? Yes please!
It was beautiful at the top, though again I found myself enjoying the views of a city ensconced if fog. Here's the northern view. I recognize it's mostly hospital and a bit of Golden Gate Park but you can almost make out the GG Bridge in the background. (And I think you can see my house. . . )
From Tank Hill, it was down Stanyan towards home.
Total mileage: 6.68
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