A Blend #23 and #25

A Blend: #23 and #25

Sunday, 15 June 2014

We started at Rocky’s “old–timey” market on Walk #24, Oakmore, and went across the bridge towards the start of Walk #25, Trestle Glen and Piedmont. Our intent is to walk along St James Drive until we get to the big staircase on St James Place (page 153), and then descend to Trestle Glen Road. 

Here is a map showing the route. Rocky’s Market is the blue pin.

We enjoy looking to see what has changed on a walk since our last visit, and things have changed on this one. At 308 St James, the garden has been reworked with a cactus theme. During our walks this spring, we’ve noticed quite a few yards with new, drought–resistant landscaping. 

The “remarkable Japanese–themed house and garden at 288” St James (page 152) is being remodeled. It doesn’t look haunted any longer!

As we walked along Trestle Glen, we came upon the bottom of the “beautiful curved” staircase that starts up on Elbert Street in Walk #23 Glenview (page 144). This is one of the many staircases in the walks that many people probably do not know exists, because it is pretty much hidden. We are at the yellow pin on the map.

The rest of the walk today follows the route laid out in the book for Walk #23 Glenview.

Just across the street, with a lamp pole as marker, there is a stair case that is not mentioned in the book. This one is marked by the green pin on the map. It can be used to walk to Walk #25 Trestle Glen and Piedmont and Walk #27 Trestle Glen and Crocker Highlands.

The next staircase, also not in the book, is 250 feet or so up Creed Road. This one is marked by the red pin on the map. It can be used to walk to Walk #27 Trestle Glen and Crocker Highlands.

We kept walking along Trestle Glen until we got to Barrows Road, where we turned and walked uphill to the close by staircase. From there, we walked back up to the Glenview commercial area, and then back uphill along Park Boulevard to the bridge and Rocky’s Market.

We did not count the steps, but the walk is 2.4 miles in length, according to Google Maps.

We decided to try to mix things up and blended parts of two walks together. 

Next—Another blend, probably.