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 driven to this center, but never walked. HANC is located on the south side of Memorial Park. It's named Memorial because of the veterans of WWI. An Army training base once trained soldiers for that same war. Afterwards, the land was donated to the city and at the time was one of the largest parks
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