i conquered mt. olympus

okay well, mt. olympus in los angeles, not greece. there's this neat little neighborhood right off of laurel canyon in hollywood, called mt. olympus. andrea and i decided to hike it even though to say we 'hiked' it sounds kind of misleading. it's just a regular neighborhood with houses and driveways and trees and all that. but because it is built right onto the side of a couple of big hills, to walk up mt. olympus drive is semi-torturous. one need only to lean over slightly and you could be crawling up the street instead of just walking it. i was very proud of us. we parked at the bottom of the hill and went all the way to the top. the view was AMAZING. you could see downtown LA, and on one side you could see the san gabriel and san bernadino mountains. for some reason the smog cleared out (probably because it rained the day before). normally you'd look out at a view like that and vaguely be able to make out the city below you. but yesterday was just crystal and lovely.

okay well for some reason i'm having trouble posting these as pictures cause motherfucking blogger is not accepting the tags...so i'll just post links instead.

view from mt. olympus on a smoggy day...
http://www.goodart.org/olympla.jpg


a flatter part of the street but if you look, at what appears to be the end of the street, it's actually a pretty steep downhill...
http://www.goodart.org/olymphol.jpg