Griffith Park

I am a Griffith Park enthusiast -ask anyone.

There are many ways to enjoy Griffith Park, people tell me, and many entries, too. All of them are different and all of them have not been tried by me.

Here are the ones that have:

Hollyridge Trailhead:

This is the trail that you take up to the fence around the Hollywood sign. There are several trails here, and you can even hike to the Observatory if you have all day. The main trail is wide and flat and easy to climb with lots of spectacular views you can look at when you stop to catch your breath.

There are some smaller, more rugged trails that take you up faster and with considerably more sweat. Wanna know a secret? Look for the skinny trail that breaks off just after the horse's entrance to the path. You might get a little winded, but it's worth it to avoid climbing half way up the mountain amidst piles of horse-shit.

Canyon Drive:

This entrance is in the valley that runs beside holly ridge. It is green and shady and has a couple of playgrounds for the kids -but they're well contained if you think kids are gross, asshole. There's a road that climbs back to the original bat cave. This is a fun and easy stroll, and the bat cave does not have any bats in it. As caves go it's not all that exciting; but caves are still more exciting than living rooms, movie theaters, coffee-shops, freeways, gas-stations and conference halls. But if somebody wants you to go to a carnival instead of the bat cave? Go to the carnival and ride the Pharoah's Fury for me. The cave will still be there and carnivals are always moving on.

Vermont Entrance:

This is the entrance by the Greek Theater. I haven't been to the Greek Theater. Take that, Greek Theater! I didn't explore this entrance too fully -but we did have a great time tossing the frisbee around. We may have pissed off a couple of the sexy-young-things lounging on their blankets. Sorry, sexy-young-things.

I also wish that I could have crashed the three-legged-race/piñata party. Those people were so cool. Seriously. The coolest. Period.

That's all. I know there's more to love with you, Griffith Park. You haven't seen the last of me.