Although it may sound a bit juvenile the game can be quite fun once you actually come in contact with one of the barges. The park security doesn't seem to mind the game at all, in fact they find it quite amusing, and after inquiring why they would let such activity occur they responded, "that damn barge keeps me up all night with it's damn horn, it deserves to get hit by a golf ball!" It says a lot about the area you observe when the natives have an unenthusiastic view of the locale that doesn't promote pride for the landform. .
After reliving some fun moments at the park, I walked along the path until I got to the dog playground. Don't get me wrong I love dog's, but it is absolutely disgusting to walk along this section of the levee. I would compare this area to a minefield in Vietnam because it's impossible to dodge every piece of dog poo, being that there is such a great abundance of it. Finally I made it up to the train tracks, which are rusted over because of a lack of care and use. As I tried to look over at the murky brown water of the levee I noticed an enormous amount of huge scrap metal and broken machine after broken machine filling in the desolate area above the levee, all surrounded by a broken chain link fence with rusted barb wire clinging to it. I would be amazed if there was one living creature inside that mass of wasted money and environment because it seemed as if someone had started a huge project, than in the middle just decided it wasn't worth it and left everything there. They knocked down all the trees along the perimeter of the levee as well as filled the area with an aroma that could be compared to a construction site mixed with old water that's been sitting out for quite some time. I understand the economical importance of this area of the levee but it was just too much to handle all at once so I decided to keep on walking before I scraped my foot on a rusted metal object and had to get another tetnis shot.
