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The Militant's Epic CicLAvia Tour XLIII!!
Interactive map! Click here for larger version.We're here in 2023, CicLAvia's 13th year, and as our favorite open streets event enters its raging, hormone-infused, possibly-emo teen years, we're in for...
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CicLAvia 43 Report: CiCOLDvia!
This photo seemed to sum up the February 26, 2023 CicLAvia perfectly. Taken at Sherman Way and The Metro G-Line busway station near Canoga Avenue.Just 84 days after the last onebetween Exposition Park...
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Peak Knowledge: The Militant's Guide To Our Local Mountain Ranges!
A few weeks ago, while en route to the February 2023 CicLAvia, as The Militant drove up the not-that-congested 405 into the San Fernando Valley, the sight of snowcapped mountains surrounding The 818...
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Places Of The Water!
The sights of spring! The seasonally verdant San Gabriel Mountains overlook a gated subdivision and the San Gabriel River uncharacteristically rushing down below.Friday, March 24 was a bright and clear...
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Where The Wild (Flowery) Things Are: The Militant's Spring 2023 Southern...
A smattering of wildflowers in Walker Canyon near Lake Elsinore, taken during the Spring 2019 Superbloom."L.A. has no seasons," goes the mantra of The Typical Transplant. But ah, why then are our...
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The Militant's Epic CicLAvia Tour XLIV!!
Click here for larger, mobile-friendly version of this map!Springtime is here! Dodger baseball is in full swing (pitch clock and all...), wildflowers are in bloom, our local transverse mountain ranges...
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The Militant's Epic CicLAvia Tour XLV!!!
Interactive map! Click here for larger version.The third CicLAvia of 2023, and the 45th-ever such open streets event in Los Angeles has gotten quite a bit smaller - on purpose. The first of two...
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The Militant's Epic CicLAvia Tour XLVI!!!
Interactive map! Click here for larger view.The 46th CicLAvia is upon us this Sunday, the fourth of eight such open streets events in 2023, and this is the first, and perhaps only all-new route in this...
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Moving Right Along...
All good things may or may not come to an end. After 16 years, the Militant is making his last post on This Here Blog Site...Because he has recently purchased his own domain and has set up a...
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