Thanks for hiking with us!

We were a tiny but mighty radical for our 3rd Los Angeles Times subscriber hike connected Saturday.

The 3rd L.A. Times subscriber hike took spot astatine Elysian Park.

(Deborah Vankin / Los Angeles Times)

Eight attendees and respective Times staffers gathered astatine the Elysian Park West Loop trailhead connected a crisp but glorious morning. We did a fewer stretches to lukewarm up and past acceptable retired to research Los Angeles’ precise archetypal parkland — yes, Elysian opened 10 years earlier Griffith Park successful 1886.

As we coiled our mode astir the 2.4 mile loop, I shared immoderate tidbits I’d precocious learned astir our environs. The sanction Elysian comes from Greek mythology — Elysian Fields is simply a spot wherever souls spell to rest. Fitting for a parkland nestled connected the borderline of downtown, providing respite for weary metropolis dwellers.

The L.A. Times subscriber hike successful action.

(Deborah Vankin / Los Angeles Times)

It’s ever a dainty to conscionable caller radical connected the trail, this clip among Elysian’s fragrant cedar, eucalyptus and conifer trees. But since this unit was smaller than past events, we truly got to link — astir everyone chatted with 1 different astatine immoderate point.

One subscriber regaled america with stories from his vocation arsenic an aviation photographer; different had a batch to accidental astir his enactment connected Skid Row; yet different subscriber, a instrumentality of our caller table workout series, encouraged everyone to bash the mobility exercises during their workday, arsenic they’d helped her. It felt similar a existent assemblage outing. And it was the cleanable mode to commencement the weekend.

The L.A. Times subscriber hike.

(Deborah Vankin / Los Angeles Times)

Our mascot, Outdoors newsman Jaclyn Cosgrove’s canine Maggie May, led the mode arsenic we took successful views of Atwater, Glendale and the downtown L.A. skyline. As we returned to the Grace E. Simons Lodge parking lot, a smattering of childrens’ day parties were conscionable getting underway successful the park.

“Thanks, this was great,” 1 subscriber yelled, waving goodbye from crossed the parking lot. “I learned thing and I adjacent got a telephone number!” Then helium headed down the elevation to his car, a pep successful his step.

The LA Times subscriber hike mascot Maggie May.

(Deborah Vankin / Los Angeles Times)

Stay tuned for details astir our adjacent subscriber hike, which volition instrumentality spot successful precocious spring. Meantime: cheque retired our hiking usher for 70 of the champion hikes successful the L.A. area. And The Wild newsletter volition support you updated connected outdoors quality and adventures.

Until adjacent time, bask it retired there!