A few years ago my partner, Jen English, walked Every Street in Berkeley. Now she’s back with a new blog called Car-Free Outdoors, with detailed information about outdoor adventures in the San Francisco Bay Area that are accessible using public transportation. The adventure begins when you leave your house, not after you drive to the trailhead. Last weekend we took BART from Berkeley to Balboa Park and walked through the Ingleside neighborhood of San Francisco, around Lake Merced to Fort Funston, and then up through Pine Lake and Stern Grove to West Portal where we jumped on Muni back to BART. Jen will have an article with route directions up on Car-Free Outdoors on Friday — check out the RSS feed or follow @carfreeoutdoors on Twitter for updates. Until then, here’s a more abstract version of the journey:
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- We walked to North Berkeley BART. The Falcon wagon was still there.
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- Exit at the Balboa Park BART station, and proceed towards stone facing.
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- Now you’re in the Ingleside neighborhood of San Francisco.
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- Did I mention the stone facing? I have a thing about stone facing.
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- Flowers planted in sidewalk cracks. Why not.
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- Even though the Prius gets better mileage, I’m driving the hand to work today.
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- If you just photograph the quirks, what does that say about the neighborhood?
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- What does that say about you?
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- Does an AMC Javelin mirror some secret part of my soul?
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- If I lost the keys to the Javelin, would someone return them?
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- Could I still make art?
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- Is there such a thing as an unfog machine? Does it work at night?
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- I have all kinds of questions, but I’m not expecting any answers.
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- But why all the bad luck? My food got stolen.
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- The dog died.
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- I lost my favorite hat.
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- And nobody cleaned the grill before the BBQ.
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- What does that guy mean when he says don’t mess with Mister In-Between?
Another cool photo series Joe. Great captions, more goofy California cars, a sad looking wedding, and a tough year for dogs named Casey and Sam. That is a lot of interesting eye finds on one walk.
Thanks, Jay. Ingleside turned out to be a great neighborhood for old cars, and this walk just turned out to be one of those “look at that!” experiences where the photo possibilities kept jumping out at me.