In this urban hike, I travelled from the Heights to Japhet Creek. I had to drop by car off at the repair shop located in the Heights. The Height was once it's own city before Houston incorporated it. It's principal features are the Victorian style houses and the Boulevard that runs through the center of the area. As one of the older parts of Houston, it houses older churches and buildings such as the Odd Fellows Lodge where I once took Scottish Country dancing lessons. Heights Funeral Home used to be called Roberts Funeral Home. A resident at a Retirement Community [View Full Entry]

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Inspired by the following Houston Press Article and the Tolkien's novels, I've started urban hiking. In The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogy, the characters walk almost their entire journies. The pace of the novel describes the lush scenery created by Tolkein's imagination. Today I walked from Castle Court, a street one block north of I-59 aka the Southwest Freeway to the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center. I've ridden my bike, taken the bus and dr [View Full Entry]

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