We went back to Elysian park. This is one of those walks, where in the beginning, we are walking high above the 5 freeway. Even though it was a Sunday, there was a lot of noise coming up from the freeway. So how does one capture the view? Having a hawk fly by is a good distraction.
How cool is this! I was aiming for the artwork along the river, lo and behold, look at that cool orange tanker that popped in the picture. Also, you can see this is a Sunday morning, no traffic whatsoever.
There are no California poppies in this park. To be honest, most of the massive blooms are far from the city. What we did get was massive amounts of mustard. Tall, massive and bright yellow.
Can you see how the distance made the yellow so much more impressive. A close up means that sure, I look good. But the flowers – less so.
Ok, lets be honest, a background of yellow mustard is lovely, but sometimes it’s about the portrait.
This is what all that mass of yellow looks like close up.
I don’t now what this is, it’s clearly a vine with tendrils to grab onto other plants. It has these extraterrestrial fruit.
As we moved away from the freeway we came upon this glorious view. Dodger Stadium with City Hall in the background. No game today, the parking lots were completely empty.
Moving the camera to the right, and there is that incredible skyline.
The walk was lovely, but we were looking for Angels’ Point. Our route instructions weren’t great, it looks like we cut a mile or more out of the walk. People we asked along the way didn’t know what we were talking about.
Here it is, a sculpture designed by local artist Peter Schrier. A slightly different angle of downtown in the background.
Perfect isn’t this. a sign about the law and no one cares. I didn’t take any pictures, but in the last few years, people have been spray painting rocks and trees as well. Well, as soon as the artistic elites decided that some graffiti is art – this is what happens. Yes, there are consequences to being too high falutin’ arty.
There are wonderful picnic areas here, some with plenty of tables for big parties. There even was a spit that would fit a whole pig. Looks like the Mariachis are gearing up for a busy Sunday.
You are familiar with our after hike tradition by now. Go find some good tacos, and boy did we. Guisados’ is now open on Sunset Blvd in Echo Park. I love how they painted the back retaining wall. This section is honoring the original truck in Boyle Heights as well as the Dodgers.
As well as Mariachis, a dancer and day of the dead. This is a lovely outdoor patio, where we sat and enjoyed this feast:
It was soooo good!!! They do tacos, or ceviche with a twist, a yummy twist.
Guisados is in Dodger stadium territory so it wasn’t surprising to find this painted on the wall of what looks like a new apartment building. Notice the Broad tower peaking over the rooftop. It’s not very close, it’s just very tall.
Leah