5. Journal about my trip to the park

On Tuesday, January 15^th, I decided to visit a specific bench that I had chosen a few days prior to when I actually committed to visiting my bench. Since January has quite short days I had to speed walk home from school in order to make it to the bench before it got dark. When I got home I immediately dropped of my heavy backpack, put on some warmer clothes and rushed out the door. When I was back outside some darker clouds had come by and it had started drizzling, which was a bit discouraging for a walk in the woods but nevertheless I continued on with my objective. The bench I was heading to is located in Lynn Canyon Park and is about a 15minute walk away from my house. The walk to the bench consists of multiple hills to walk down; firstly when I leave the gate in my backyard I immediately enter an alleyway, which I have to follow to the very bottom where there is a road I need to cross. After crossing this road there is a short trail, which leads to a ridiculously long stair set, followed by another trail that finally leads to Arborlynn Park. Once I was at Arborlynn Park I had to walk down a road that goes all the way around the perimeter of the park and later connects to a larger road. At this connection of the two roads I happened to see an undercover police SUV that had pulled over another car, most likely for speeding or some other illegal driving maneuver. After seeing what all this commotion was about I turned left and continued down the main road and just a little ways further I crossed the road so I could get to one of the many entrances to Lynn Canyon Park. From this point on it’s approximately five more minutes of walking to get to my bench. Immediately after entering the park there is one more stair set to walk down and right after a winding path that finally leads directly to my special bench.