Nostradoofus » magnificent http://nostradoofus.com armchair futurology and stuff. Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:51:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Nature in the big city http://nostradoofus.com/2007/06/12/nature-in-the-big-city/ http://nostradoofus.com/2007/06/12/nature-in-the-big-city/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:17:00 +0000 wemitchell /2007/06/19/nature-in-the-big-city About 7% of Americans live within 60 miles of the Santa Monica Mountains. “Greater Los Angeles” now stretches in a continuous mega-urb (interrupted only by one large Army base), from Ventura to the Mexican border. 150 miles of solid city. Seriously.

What’s a nature lover to do? First is sea kayaking. 200 yards offshore, at any time of year except summer weekends, you can paddle in near silence. A seal pops his head up, three yards away. A dolphin speeds by. Bright orange garibaldi shimmer fifteen feet below.

Second is river cycling. Hidden among the city is a spider web of river trails, some concrete, many not. Here is my daily bicycle commute:

San Diego Creek
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