Nobody come near me, I’m doing things like walking home at night. Not very Fresno but I do it anyway.
This is what I call “Palm Hill” – the section of Palm between Clinton and Shields. There are not many areas of town that have any kind of hill, but this one does.
I have read that this area and other areas of town like it have these “hilly” parts because of an ancient river bed. I will take their word for it.
-Mikey
Over the four or five days I have two words for you: night swimming
Find someone with a pool. Tell them you’re bringing over beer. Happen to have a swim suit on. Hope for some hospitality and a pool owner that picks up on visual cues.
The brutality:
But then the release:
Just try to enjoy things when the sun goes down and know that the end of Summer is getting close.
You may be asking, “What is Urban Hiking?” Well, I think it can be several things.
It can be long walks (never mind the tempo) in town, whether from your home or taking a vehicle to a certain spot and walking from there.
It can be walking a long distance in town. Long enough, you might want to bring a backpack with water and stuff. Most likely taking a specific route and/or having a destination.
It can be doing an urban hike beer crawl.
You don’t need woods, elevation gain, or maintained trails to call something a hike.
If there is an extra layer to your walking around time, that’s when you can call it a hike. And if you’re doing it in town, it’s an urban hike. There is a post on jasonexplorer.com that explains it more.
Really, I want to call my walking “urban hiking” so it sounds friggin’ cooler, OKAY?!?
Now that that is settled, I am getting into hiking in the Sierra and Urban Hiking. I started small in my [old] neighborhood last year. First to Basin Park:
Then stepped up a little and went to Out Of The Barrel:
I am now slowly building my own list of Fresno urban hikes that I will be trickling out here on The Fresnan, so keep eyes on the trail for more. Some that exist and others I curate.
For more Urban Fresno hiking, check out a recent one I did on the Northern SJR Bluffs.
I saw this sign on a fence in front of an Old Fig house while on a walk the other day and now I want to have my own yard certified!
Okay, well, I don’t have a house or a yard at the moment, but if I ever get one again, I am totally doing it!
Things you need to do to get your Fresno habitat certified:
Check https://www.nwf.org/Native-Plant-Habitats/Create-and-Certify/At-Home for a detailed list of requirements.
Go to nwf.org/garden for more details on the requirements and more info.
Feeling thankful to have Gazebo Gardens around. It’s pretty damn unique and borders on something necessary for a city.
I am not talking about the nursery/plant aspect of it either. I am talking about the third space feature for friend and family groups.
In case you don’t know, Thursday – Saturday evenings Gazebo Gardens nursery turns into a beer garden & food truck court. Complete with seating and some shade.
There are very few places you can meet up with people without having to reserve or hawk a big table, or worry if “all of your party is here yet”.
Just show up around a time. Eat, don’t eat. Drink beer, don’t drink. Kids can wander around. You can wander around. It’s great.
Sure, I get tired of it too, like any place. I am here to appreciate the looseness of it all, and there isn’t much of that out there.
Related: As I sat on Shields yesterday waiting for a train to pass, I caught a little bit of the blues coming from Gazebo
This pour little cart got left out all night.
Whole Foods in Fig Garden is well closed, so this little guy got left out. I feel bad for him. So lonely. I know how ya feel, brother.
Let’s hope the person that opens at Whole Foods tomorrow morning corals you proper so you can be with your friends again.