Sprawling Los Angeles is an ideal urban hiking locale for a MedTrekker in California.
Once The Idiot leaves his perched squat in the Hollywood Hills, there are thousands of city trails (aka sidewalks) and paths leading to all sorts of wild adventures and intriguing discoveries.
The view of Los Angeles from The Idiot’s perch in the Hollywood Hills.
The Idiot leaves the Hollywood Hills for flat LA. (Photo: Liz Chapin)
The azure LA sky has a Mediterranean tint.
Signs during a ten-mile mini-trek indicate that The Idiot certainly chose the right neighborhoods for The Idiot and the Odyssey In LA..
The LA odyssey takes him to Odyssey LA in the Hollywood & Highland complex.(Photo: Liz Chapin)
The Idiot strolled by Ulysses Voyage at the Farmer’s Market at The Grove.
The Idiot’s aptly named drinking hole on Melrose Avenue.
The Idiot was impressed that, unlike much of the Mediterranean coast, he could find anything he wanted — including flowers, newspapers, food, music and “history” — and almost everywhere in LA.
Colorful flowers on Sunset Boulevard.
A delicious newstand on Fairfax Avenue.
Food on Fairfax.
Music on Sunset.
One of many “historical” monuments.
The Idiot confirmed a few continuing social trends, notably that vapor bars, animal stores and STDs are still proliferating.
Vapor bars have replaced tanning salons as the latest hot spots.
Dogs are definitely man’s best friend in West Hollywood.
You can’t miss the Syphilis Explosion.
But what truly made for fine LA trekking from The Idiot’s vantage point were the street people.
Jim Morrison on Hawthorne Avenue.
Fashionable models on Melrose.
Buddha in a West Hollywood garden.
Running into his MedTrekking son Luke at The Grove. (Photo: Liz Chapin)
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