Made my way over to Langell's only to find it closed by the time I arrived. One thing about walking is that you have to plan for longer travel times. On my walk today I was once again taken by the corner of Girard Blvd. SE and Campus and the collection of Cylindropuntia imbricata (cane cholla cactus) on the corner. They surround a storm drain and there is a bit of a twilight zone of space between the drain and where the traffic from Girard zooms by. It looks as if pedestrians have created two routes through the area coming from Girard into the university. As I walked toward my destination I came across three individuals, one male walking by himself and two females walking together, all of them carrying large military backpacks stuffed to capacity and moving at a generous clip. I assumed that they were all part of some training and left it at that. Walking down Indian School nearing the intersection at Carlisle I noticed a trail off to my left. I decided to add the location to Foursquare as "Artery" park as it was a flow of vegetation weaving its way through the neighborhood south of Indian School. It eventually joined with the official Urban Forest Park, a place without the green grass of typical city park but the furry texture of native plants abound, the interstates massive 40 foot (approximately) high "sound" wall defining the southern boundary. Not wanting to backtrack to Indian School I discovered a "secret" path that ascended east along the wall to channel me on to Carlisle and back on the path to the art supply store. I walked over the AMAFCA channel at Carlisle and I-40 and made a mental note to walk the path that follows along side it in the future. Made it to the store and it was closed. Check out the route and the photos. Elucidate.
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Walk #2
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