Yeah, I rolled the dice on where to go in LA, and wasn't terribly impressed with where I ended up at first. Griffith Park seemed very nice, but still pretty crowded. When I go to a park I tend to want there to not be so many people, you know? Definitely a crowded and dirty place.
Bakersfield is definitely less so, but there's not a whole lot to do there, which I guess is why spraypainting graffiti on trees is a thing. :)
I don't know what it is about old bridges like that. I can't even call them beautiful, really, since they're definitely a case of function over form. But there's something about the patterns of the beams and struts, it's just nice. And the history, of course. I especially like finding old bridges detached from everything, the tracks they used to carry long-gone. Years ago in Texas we came across one that was literally a bridge to nowhere, standing there with nothing around it and nothing at both ends. Kinda cool. :)
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Date: 2014-11-14 04:33 pm (UTC)Bakersfield is definitely less so, but there's not a whole lot to do there, which I guess is why spraypainting graffiti on trees is a thing. :)
I don't know what it is about old bridges like that. I can't even call them beautiful, really, since they're definitely a case of function over form. But there's something about the patterns of the beams and struts, it's just nice. And the history, of course. I especially like finding old bridges detached from everything, the tracks they used to carry long-gone. Years ago in Texas we came across one that was literally a bridge to nowhere, standing there with nothing around it and nothing at both ends. Kinda cool. :)