Monday, November 10, 2008

The Alum Cliffs Track Re-opens




Me, looking dumbfounded

Dog park sans dogs at beginning of trail

I love these warning signs

Left over from the last bush fire



I have been waiting a long time for this track to open. The track is a decent one-hour walk each way, but I was a little let down. 'Alum Cliffs' track doesn't actually take you to the Cliff part. Actually, I am not sure the Cliffs are visible from the land side but I only have the map to go by.
Next time I will have to go off the trail and see what I can find.
My record for finding the sights is not a good one. I spent a year looking for the 'blowhole' which is near our house. I saw the small signs under street signs in my neighborhood that said 'blowhole', and I would hear people mentioning the blowhole every so often. I would often walk the whole length of 'Blowhole Road' which I assumed correctly was named so because of its proximity to the Blowhole. I sort of imagined the blowhole being a type of geyser. Then one day in the post office I noticed a card with photo of the blowhole on it. The card ended up being very key because otherwise I would have stood in front of the blowhole and never have known that was what it was.
When I did finally find the blowhole it turned out I had been walking by it all the time.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like the name of that road. xo kelly m

Monte Means said...

i like seeing you in your trainers. it's also nice to see zok taking sanchez out for some fresh air.