Walk: Noe Valley to Ocean Beach and Back, 12:45 to 6:00, February 15, 1998

by Stephen Vincent

Left house at 21st near Dolores, up 21st, right down Noe, short left on Liberty, met Andrew Moss at his house, retreated back up Noe, a right down 21st across Castro and up and west across to Diamond, a slight jog over to and west on up 21st, right and north up Douglas, left up Roma, west across Market pedestrian overpass and on to Corbett, right down and north up Clayton to a left down Carmel to a left, south up Shrader to a right on to Belgrave, west up across Stanyan to dead end at Sutro Forest, the trail up west, slightly south back on to Clarendon down to Laguna Honda Way, flat north on to Seventh, left on Kirkham, right on Eighth, left on Judah, west, gradually on down out past Forty-Third across the Great Highway on to Ocean Beach, north to exit back across the Great Highway, north past the Beach Chalet, across Kennedy Drive to Fulton and Forty-Third to take the Muni bus east until off the bus at Schrader, south down to Hayes, flat east to Clayton, south across the Panhandle, across and east on Oak to Ashbury, south and up to Haight, east down to Divisadero, up and south to Lloyd, east down to Scott, slightly up to Duboce, west up to Castro, south on Castro to Market and up to Liberty, east up to Andrew's house, further up the Liberty steps, slightly down to a right on Sanchez, south up to 21st, and east, straight down across Church and Chattanooga, back to my house near Dolores.

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Stephen Vincent (ZYZZYVA 2) lives in San Francisco. E-mail: Steph4848@aol.com