#1 To Walnut Grove Park in Old Colony Anaheim (or is it Historic Colony Anaheim? I keep forgetting), which really used to be a walnut grove. 9.75 miles.
#2 To Citrus Park, also in Old/Historic Colony Anaheim, adjacent to the original Santa Fe Depot. They have a couple of nice reproductions of orange crate labels on the east wall. The mainline tracks are on the other side of this wall. 8.95 miles.
#3 To Boysen Park, also usually referred to as "Airplane Park" because there is an airplane in the playground. This is the one named for Anaheim's first superintendent of parks and recreation, and Rudy is the guy whose hybridized berry was named for him by the guy who salvaged the canes before they were lost, a fellow named Walter Knott, who had a fruit stand over in Buena Park. 11.85 miles.
#4 To George Washington Park as an official Coffeeneuring destination and not a side trip as it was on one of last year's rides. This was the site of one of Anaheim's first schools, and the first paid-for-by-bonds school in the state. There are pillars like this one on the modern main streets bordering the Colony. 11.34 miles.
#5 This is the one which started out with me breaking the valve stem while trying to make sure both tires were well-aired up before beginning. So I went back in the house, checked the bus schedule, pushed the bike to the bus stop, took two buses to the bike shop, then rode home focussing on downtown Fullerton, where I stopped for brunch at a new-to-me place, Crepes Bonaparte. It would have been even nicer if the parental units resting there had exerted more control over their rambunctious offspring. Oh well. 9.52 miles.
#6 Was almost thwarted by the overnight and much-needed rain, but it sorta cleared off a bit, so I braved the leaden skies for a quickie to one of the nearer parks, named in honor of Albert Schweitzer. It's a little place, next to the same-named elementary school and alongside Carbon Creek, itself figuring in long-off plans to become a river trail (it would be a wonderful shortcut to Coyote Creek Trail and then to the San Gabriel River Trail if they'd ever actually make it happen!). There was a tiny bit of sprinkle while I drank my coffee, but the ride home was dry. 5.28 miles.
And finally, #7: This was a visit to a trail along the Santa Ana River, Anaheim Coves. The county sanitation district pulled out all the non-natives and replanted with natives. They're extending it north of Lincoln Av, which is nice to see. 13.29 miles.
I have a whole nother year to think about what to do for next year's "Without Walls" adventures.