We Did It! We Walked Western! (Part I)

By Julia Frey
October 19th, 2008 @ 10:42 AM Fun, History, LA, Transportation

Five of us set out.  Only three of us made it to the end.

28 miles

11 hours

Much laughter, great conversation and a gorgeous arrival at the ocean as the sun just dipped behind the horizon.

Many thanks to Will, David, Amanda and Jeff for making at least the first 20 miles feel effortless.

There are pictures to sort and blog posts to write — but for now, we did it!

(picture by me near the end, though my camera was getting tired of focusing, just as my body was tired of walking.)

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8 Comments so far

  1. mummey on October 19th, 2008 @ 12:18 pm

    Very cool to hear about this. I admit, reading about the lead up to this was part of my inspiration to do this last Friday night: http://mummey.blogspot.com/2008/10/making-la-little-smaller.html


  2. Annika Barranti (annika) on October 19th, 2008 @ 1:31 pm

    I am totally in awe of you guys!


  3. frazgo on October 19th, 2008 @ 1:54 pm

    No kidding you guys are my heros.

    I have an idea for another one. Colorado Blvd from its start in Griffith Park to its terminus here in outer monrovia. Do that one and I promise to have a BBQ waiting for you as well as some kick ass lemon bars to get the sugar flowing again.


  4. knowing the roads « los angeles rides (pingback) on October 19th, 2008 @ 4:18 pm

    [...] of the Park, all the way south to the water. A couple of intrepid souls (congratulations to them!) walked the length of the boulevard yesterday, and leaning against the railing of the Observatory, it almost made sense [...]


  5. Franklin Avenue (franklinavenue) on October 19th, 2008 @ 7:30 pm

    All right guys! You have a month to let your blisters heal — I expect to see all of you out on Saturday, Nov. 22 for the third annual Great Los Angeles Walk!!


  6. Julia Frey (lajulia) on October 19th, 2008 @ 8:35 pm

    Thanks all! Fraz, you offer is most tempting!

    Mike (Frankline Ave) which street are you walking? (Please make is a short one, please make it a short one) Sorry, those were my blisters talking…


  7. Walking On A Thin Line » [sic] (pingback) on October 20th, 2008 @ 6:51 am

    [...] and later on did follow up on fellow Metblogs contributor and walker extraordinaire Julia’s post on the subject with a recap of my own on LA [...]


  8. dp (recoveringautoenthusiast) on October 20th, 2008 @ 9:02 am

    That was great. Now, passing the exit signs on the 110 freeway has an added dimension.



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