For years, as part of Newcomers of San Dieguito, Fran and I have been leading members on walking trips around San Diego. Other members have now taken over that activity, and we now plan special events. Before we take members on any trip, we preview the trip ourselves. During the pandemic we cannot lead trips, but we certainly can plan them and have them ready when we can all be together again.
On a summer day in January, Fran and I walked what is called The Seven Bridges Walk. Several hours after we arrived at the rose garden in Balboa Park, we finished. We had covered close to 6 miles and over 14,000 steps. We crossed wooden bridges, concrete bridges and suspension bridges. We walked through Balboa Park, through Hillcrest, University Heights, just to name a few. Along the way we met some wonderful people, too.
As we walked, we noticed numerous people reading directions, looking at maps. It turned out they were all doing the Seven Bridges Walk too! I've lived in the San Diego area for almost 20 years, but I had never even heard of this walk until recently.
Because of Covid-19 we were unable to stop for a proper lunch. As we walked along University Avenue we saw many restaurants open, for take out only. We picked one with a nice bathroom, and got a slice of pizza and a soda for me, a slice of pizza and a beer for Fran. Every drink a beer out of a plastic cup with a straw? Fran did! No tables were available for eating, so we sat on a bus stop bench and ate our meal, surrounded by numerous very interesting characters.
All in all it was a wonderful day. We completed the walk, discovered sights and neighborhoods in downtown San Diego that we never knew existed, and decided this will be a walk we will organize for our group as soon as it is safe. It's flat but strenuous, so start training now!!
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