Run 106 - East of Will James Middle School

August 30, 2023

It was the usual Wednesday night group run with the Rim Runners and since it was the 5th Wednesday we met at Craft B&B on Grand Avenue.  I brought a map that varied from the traditional route and would cover an entire neighborhood I needed to run as well as pick up a few blocks here and there that were orphaned from previous runs.  Shelley and Brad were up for the change.

I can’t claim that there is much unique on this route as it’s just a quiet neighborhood of mid-60s homes.

A dead end street that overlooks the golf course.

Yard art.

I found a penny that is not negotiable and this screwdriver with a broken handle.

That was it.  I should mention that it was extremely windy and heading west was like running uphill.  After we got back we joined the group on the patio for a beer.

Run 105 - Granger Avenue

August 29, 2023

It’s Tuesday so a 7-mile run, or close to it, is on the agenda.  I got started a bit later than usual, about 7:45am, but the neighborhoods I’m covering today have lots of shade so it is a comfortable run ahead of the 95 degrees predicted for today.  I made up a route that continues on from where I left off, east of 32nd Street and north of King Ave.

This subdivision (Harvest Granger?) is unique in that there are no sidewalks along the streets, rather, the developer put in a green space and sidewalks behind the houses.  The streets are all curvy with lots of dead ends so having a map made sure I didn’t miss anything or get lost.  The one change I made when I was out there was that up on the top of the map it shows me going out and back on Windmill Circle.  Instead, when I got to the southeast end of the street, I turned west on Canyon which was a bit shorter and I didn’t have to do that short out-and-back on Wheatstone.

At one of the dead end streets.

I have noticed that pretty much every dead end street has a fire hydrant at the end.  I usually do my turn around at them.  This is on the south end of Windmill Circle and that’s Big Sky Elementary School in the background.

At 32nd and Monday.

The cars behind this guy are probably wondering why he’s not going.

Along Monad.

On Windmill Circle.

There a couple dogs going berserk in this house and one, a medium-sized dog, was jumping with both feet against that window which I could see flexing a bit.

A nice little park between Slolum and Marathon at 37th.

At Monad and 36th.

This is on King Ave. and I’ve heard it’s going to another traver park with 275 units.

That’s it, just short of 7 miles.

Run 104 - More Industrial

August 28, 2023

This morning I picked up where I left off last Saturday, finishing off the streets south of Central, west of 15th.  It’s a mix or residential and industrial providing an interesting tour and some photo opportunities.

I started off at Comanche Park again.  It’s a nice little park that the city has done a great job of upgrading over the years.

I did want to see what was at the end of 12th street which does not show as a street on my map and I thought there might be a shortcut to Foster Lane.  Nope, a “No Trespassing” sign and the downed trees indicated otherwise.

I went north on 12th and then east on Central to turn south on foster.  This pawn shop used to be the city’s last photography store and film processing lab called Kasper’s.  Things have changed in that world with the move to digital although I still shoot film and develop it in my darkroom.  (Full disclosure: these phone are shot with an iPhone.)

This is looking down Foster.  It’s a nice street with well-kept houses of all different styles.  Back when I lived nearby the street had a bad rep and there seemed to be frequent police activity here but I think that was concentrated at the southern end.

There it’s some kind of therapy center here.

The end of the road.

Some nice yard art.

The house across the street from the previous photo is getting an upgrade.

And the house next door and a large yard.

Now I get into the industrial area.

Charles street is closed but not to me.

This is where old signs go when they die.

Where Charles meets Monad.

I guess they’ve had a dog problem

From the south end of Charles Street, looking north.

Lots and lots of gas cylinders.

This place is nice looking and tucked away on the south end of Bernard Street.

And this is at the south end of Albert Street.

I headed up Bernard, north of Monad, as my map indicated that it when through to Industrial Ave.  Not anymore.

I considered a shortcut but it looked like there was a fence at the other end.

There was a fence but the gate was open.

It was an interesting run, definitely see sights I had never seen before and I enjoyed the variations