Saturday's Route
It was another beautiful day for a training walk! Saturday morning was clear but hot, by San Francisco's standards. We managed to stay in the shade most of the time, and often had a nice breeze. It wasn't nearly as hot of a walk as I thought it might be - feeling lucky!!
We did a 12-mile walk, which started at the Warming Hut.
Beautiful, clear morning!
Wa walked through the Presidio to Mountain Lake Park. This was our first break. Unfortunately, the bathrooms are currently closed for renovations. They had 3 porta-pottys, which all-things-considered, were pretty good!
We went onto Lake Street, onto 8th, and into Golden Gate Park. We walked by the CA Academy of Sciences, and across from the De Young Museum.
CA Academy of Sciences
The De Young Museum
We had our lunch break at Andronico's on Funston & Irving, then made our way into the Sunset for the Triple Stair Threat!
The first set of stairs, which was new to us, was on 15th. They were deceivingly long - just when you thought you were at the top, there were more!
15th Street Stairs
View from the top of the 15th Street Stairs
We continued on another block or so to the Mosaic Stairs on Moraga & 16th.
Hands down, these are still the prettiest stairs in San Francisco!
The Mosaic Stairs!
View from the top of the Mosaic Stairs
Once at the top of the Mosaic Stairs, there are still (plenty) more! We turned right on Noriega, and climbed the short staircase along the wall...
more stairs, leading to...
... leading to the HUGE flight of stairs going up to Grand View Park!!
stairs leading up to Grand View Park!
It was an unusually clear day at the top of Grand View Park! Dick, who was walking with us (Yay, Dick!) took this photo of the group.
group shot, minus, Dick the Photographer
Here's Dick!
Having finished with Stair-a-palloza, we walked back down the hill onto Morago,onto Funston, which became Judah, which became Parnassus. We had a quick water/bathroom break at UCSF, then went to Stanyan, which became Jordan, which became Cherry, onto Jackson. We continued onto Arguello, and back into the Presidio.
I took this neat, futuristic/Jules-Verne looking photo of Alcatraz with a blimp flying by, near the Palace of Fine Arts
We made it back to the Warming Hut around 12:30. Bravo to all who survived the heat and the stairs!
Linda and Sandy finishing their walk for the day
My phone's weather app showing the current temperature when we finished our walk. It's HOT!
Saturday's stats
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