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| - For the last 3 years, this park has been a huge part of my life. They got a massive staircase here that has exactly 106 steps. You will find me doing sprints up those steps all year round. During the summer I'll do them in 120 degree heat. During the winter I'll still be running up these steps even when they are covered in ice.
During the flash floods, this place fills up real fast. So, try to avoid this place during the monsoon season. Also, after the monsoons end, you will see a lot of brown recluse spiders. I've never seen a scorpion here though, even though the guys who live in the apartments across the street complain about them all the time.
The marshall is usually parked in the upper parking lot for the majority of the night. So, you got some security here. The restrooms are generally clean because no one ever uses them. I'm telling you, no one ever comes here for some reason unless they got an event going on.
During summer months, it gets really hot and the heat gets trapped in this park due to it's crater-like shape. This place becomes a complete sauna, which may create opportunity for dehydration, and heat stroke. There are drinking fountains all over, but during the summer even the water that comes out is boiling hot. It's not pretty at all. Don't work out here, or do any high intensity conditioning unless you are in supreme shape. During my teenage years, I was an Olympic-Style Boxer and had to cut weight every single week. I used to have to wear those plastic sauna suits and sweat off 10-15 lbs a day. There was even some really awful times when I had to sweat off an excess of 25lbs. I gotta assume that all those years of abuse on my body somehow conditioned myself to be able to withstand heat and dehydration. Last summer I came here to run with a couple of my friends and they immediately started overheating and getting really dizzy. But, I was fine for some reason. So, I guess unless you are a boxer, wrestler, Bjj, or mma fighter I wouldn't recommend training here during summer. And believe me, during the summer I am always the only guy here.
Nobody comes here until the 4th of July. That's the day when all the parking spaces are taken, and people start checking in on their yelp app. After that date, nobody comes here but me and the softball chicks. I guess because this park is located at the very top of the city, it is the ideal place to watch the fireworks.
When I lived in California, we used to have local 4th of July events held by the city at big public parks like this one. I really wanna try to propose to the city that we could have an event here next 4th. Hopefully, I can get some support from the locals.
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