5 July 2009
A terrific aspect of living in Oakland is our access to the East Bay Regional Parks system. Tilden Park, which forms the eastern border of Berkeley near the ridge line of the east bay hills, may be the jewel in the crown.
Along the eastern edge of Tilden Park, where Wildcat Canyon Road meets East Park Drive, is Inspiration Point, which offers nice views of San Pablo Dam and Briones Reservoirs and Mount Diablo to the east.
Inspiration Point is also at the trailhead for Nimitz Way, a paved multiuse trail that runs northward along the ridge line. To the east are terrific views of Contra Costa county. To the west, weather permitting, you can enjoy nice although distant views of the San Francisco Bay and Marin County, including Mount Tamalpais.
Nimitz Way winds through a variety of vegetation, including wide open grasslands, a eucalyptus grove and mature stands of evergreens.Even though it is July, it has been cool these past few days in the East Bay. Today, Rani, Ingrid and I walked along the Nimitz Way for a good six miles. The wind was brisk and the sun peaked in and out of the clouds blowing in through the Golden Gate.
3 comments:
Hi Bill
In miles, starting from Oakland, how far around the world have you traveled, where would you be geographicly???
Lov Mom
Hi Mom,
My bike + walk distance for five years is about 19,000 miles. It is 25,000 miles around the earth at the equator. If you had a plane that could fly in any direction in a straight line, then any place on earth could be reached from Oakland by traveling about half the earth's circumference, that is 12,500 miles. So, in principle, I've walked and biked far enough to get anywhere!
I figure that in another 16 months my total distance will reach 25,000 miles, which is enough to get all the around the earth at the equator!
Love,
- Bill
Bill, I just love your blog. I wish my dad was on the internet so he could follow it along. I did print out your entire Mallorcan section and mailed it to him so he could read all about it. He just loved it.
Alison
p.s....damn you walk a lot of miles!
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