1001 Steps Upgraded
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Looks like a pretty area. The 1001 steps must be quite a workout!!
ReplyDeleteNice steps, now they need to weed that path and make that tunnel look less sketchy! Looks like a lovely place once you arrive.
ReplyDeleteI counted them once. I can't remember how many there were, but less than the 1,001, anyhow. But still, too much for me to do in one go. Once, walking up, some young guy came running down, then returned, then went back down again, then up ... And I was still plodding along, watching my step, holding the rail. Grrr!
ReplyDeleteThat view; the rocks down the beach; it's amazing how just that placement of rocks, just that water, and I knew instantly where you were standing. Feels like home!
It's so nice to know you and I have walked the same steps though at different times. :)
DeleteI love local things like that. What an adventure getting up and down those steps.
ReplyDeleteGreat memories by those steps!
ReplyDeleteGood to see the maintenance and upgrade of the 1001 steps. The graffiti art looks fabulous!
ReplyDelete...I'd be huffing and puffing for sure. Often graffiti is out of place, these add a bright spot!
ReplyDeleteLovely post and photos ~ amazing stairway ~ fun yet challenging too ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores ~ clm,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
ReplyDeleteImpressive to go up and down all those steps! Very nice of them to add the bench. It would be nice to sit and have a rest :) That’s a rock I could sit on and spend a couple of hours looking out at the ocean. Love the Penelope art card quote too. Very true on that quote, we can do so much if we are determined to do it. And how lovely to see you! Happy July!
It's a beautiful stairwell and pathway to the rocky beach. I always love a beach scene.
ReplyDeleteWowza! I would love to be there and do what you are doing. The stairwell, the pathway, the rocky beach, enjoying even the graffiti. I collect rocks. This is like paradise.
ReplyDeleteThe winding jungle-gym-like set of steps and the small graffiti laden tunnel stirs up the child-like excitement in me. I like it when I leave the tunnel, I find myself at the rocky beach. It reminds me of the first sentence of a famous novel Snow Country; “The train came out of the long tunnel into the snow country.” I also warped into the past through the link. 13 years! Where has the time gone? I’m happy to have built up friendship with you, Maria.
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Didn't time fly! We share many similar sensibilities, Yoko, and it's fun seeing your part of the world through your eyes. Ours is a consistent friendship I truly appreciate!
DeleteGraffiti drives me mildly crazy! I must say that you were looking good and any upgrade would only serve to accentuate your natural beauty and enthusiasm for life. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteI'd rather do 101, but the ocean is worth it!
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting area, I'd love to run up and down those steps, but I don't think I would be able to manage any running, more like puffing and panting and staggering. And the tunnel is so neat, I don't mind the graffiti, I think it's very creative.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures. I agree.. if you keep on at it.. keep thinking you can then surely you can.
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