这个周末又徒步(Hiking)去了

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这个周末又徒步(Hiking)去了

上个周末参加本地徒步群的活动算是搬家到这里来之后的第一次,走了约7英里,爬升600英尺,3.5个小时,把老家伙累得够呛,好几天才缓过劲来,毕竟好久没有走那么长的路了呀。但人们常常“记吃不记打”,咱也没能免俗。说得好听一点,应该是上瘾了吧。这个周六天气不冷不热,和老婆一道又徒步了一回。常言道,“人老腿先老”。我们约定:以后没什么事,不管走多远,争取每个周末都徒步一回,延缓衰老。

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People walking on a sidewalkAI-generated content may be incorrect.

今天走的是就在家门口不远的杰弗瑞空地步道(Jeffrey Open Space Trail),来回走了一趟,边走边看,苹果手表的记录是5.41英里,3:03小时。

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步道长约3.5英里,它没有全部建成·.正在扩建1.5 英里,通过新建一座跨越5号高速公路的立交桥,把现有的步道与水晶湾州立公园相连,打造从我们所在的花果山(Orchard Hill)到海边(太平洋)的步道,全长20多英里。

A person sitting on a benchAI-generated content may be incorrect.

A person standing on a bridgeAI-generated content may be incorrect.

A water fountain in a parkAI-generated content may be incorrect.

景观设计师理查德-罗伊(Richard Roy)参与了步道的设计,步道比较宽,除了行人,遛狗,还可以走自行车。通过修造的石头隧道和钢架天桥,保证了步道与公路的立体交叉,途中设有人和宠物的饮水装置以及厕所。两旁是草地,绿植,每隔一段设有特别的标识,介绍尔湾城市500年来的历史(Historic Timeline of Irvine),让人在休闲之余顺便了解1971年建市的这座年轻城市的今生前世。

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下图是正在修建的跨越5号高速公路的步道立交桥。记得至少一年前就在修建,至今仍在“烂尾”,估计还得一年才能建好?可能是劳工保护得好,周末都没有看到有人加班工作。如果在我的祖国,这种小桥几个月足以完工。难怪川普总统组建了马斯克(Elon Musk)为首的国家效率部,试图让美国再次伟大,得到了大多数美国人民的拥护。

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美国人热衷于在自己的小区以及横跨全美修建大量的徒步和骑车的步道(Trail),这当然是造福人民的大好事。但与中国已有2万多公里的高铁形成鲜明对比的是美国至今居然没有建成一条高速铁路。饱受争议的加州连接洛杉矶和旧金山的高铁项目,10多年前就正式动土,但一直争议不断,政客们更是把这一工程作为争取选票或打击对手的工具,无休止的争吵导致项目预算和时间大大超标,据说要到2030年才能完工。与此同时,建造成本不断上升,2008年估算建设成本只有330亿美元,去年估算1,280亿美元,比2023年的预测又增加了13%。

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