Coming Soon to Port Hueneme...
Day #664 -&665 * Hike #796 & 797 * Duplicate Track
Moday & Tuesday September 10 & 11, 2012
Arroyo Verde Park - Ventura, CA
My Tripometer: 1.5 Hours * 2 Miles * +100 Feet
**Cross-Country training with my son at Arroyo Verde Park. Various exercises include a 600 meter warm up jog, sprints, 800 meter runs, figure 8 runs -- just a lot of running in the hills, etc...
Day #666 * Hike #798 * New Track #657
Wednesday September 12, 2012
Woodley Park - Van Nuys, CA
Sepulveda Wildlife
My Tripometer: 1 Hour * 2.5 Miles * +25 Feet
Off of Woodley Road between the 405 & 101 near Balboa
Lots of Open Space in the Park
A green life; awesome escape from the crazy concrete jungle nearby
John from New Zealand would be Proud!
The area goes on for ever, so it seems...
Where does this go?
So I was in Van Nuys today checking out restaurant equipment. On my way back I somehow got mixed up on Sepulveda or Victoria and found myself turning left down Woodley. All of a sudden, the crammed, messy, hectic world of over populated madness turned into a green relief. --Van Nuys is a very busy area. The neighborhood does not look great. It looks like one big swap meet. What would you expect with the world's most congested intersection; the 405 & 101!
Anyhow, I parked at the first lot and began walking across the park. This lead to an extension of the park to the left. I kept going. There was some Japanese Garden up here but it was all locked up, like it was part of the armed forces or something. I continued further, found the cricket grounds and then realized I had been walking for over 30 minutes. I could not explore everything but I ran back to the car from here. At work that next day I glimpsed at Google Maps in this area and discovered Balboa Lake. It was just around the corner from here. Looks like I will be coming back someday to check it out...
Day #667 & 668 * Hike #799 & 800 * Duplicate Track
Thursday & Friday September 13 & 14, 2012
Arroyo Verde Park - Ventura, CA
**Thursday was Cross Country Training. **Friday I descended from home with Sammi to get some elevation into my workout. This also gave Sammi a chance to open her stride. With so much going on, I haven't had much of a chance recently to take her out. As for Ziggy, well I left him back because he can't keep up with us...
I've been to the Japanese garden, but it must have been before I set up my blog, because I don't have any posts about it. I forget the hours of the place, but it's kinda neat. The water treatment plant that's adjacent to it has a futuristic look, and it's served as a Star Trek: TNG backdrop at least once. Photographed grey heron and snowy egrets in the ponds and "streams" in the garden, too.
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