Griffith Park & Ride

I put out fair warning to my fellow IAALâ€¢MAF’ers that last night’s regular river ride was going to include a climb up the north side of the park via Mt. Hollywood Drive down to the Griffith Observatory. I’d been wanting to head up there for several weeks as I hadn’t ventured into that stretch of the park since a month of so before the devastating fires of May. Stephen was game as always and Manny was an intrepid trooper, and Spencer’s and Delmy’s friend Alex decided not to turn around with them at Travel Town and instead joined the three of us for the ascent as well.

I didn’t do much in the way of pix, but I did a self-snap of me and my trusty Giant OCR-3 roadie at 8:13 p.m. beside one of my favorite north side vista points about a third of a mile below the top of the ridge:

Once up and over and across and down and then up to the observatory it was nice to see her looking grand.

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Will Campbell arrived in town via the maternity ward at Good Sam Hospital way back in OneNineSixFour and has never stopped calling Los Angeles home. Presently he lives in Silver Lake with his wife Susan, their cat Rocky, dogs Terra and Hazel, and a red-eared slider turtle named Mater. Blogging since 2001, Will's web endeavors extend back to 1995 with laonstage.com, a comprehensive theater site that was well received but ever-short on capital (or a business model). The pinnacle of his online success (which speaks volumes) arrived in 1997, when much to his surprise, a hobby site he'd built called VisuaL.A. was named "best website" in Los Angeles magazine's annual "Best of L.A." issue. He enjoys experiencing (and writing about) pretty much anything creative, explorational and/or adventurous, loves his ebike, is a better tennis player than he is horr golfer, and a lover of all creatures great and small -- emphasis on "all." View all posts by Will