CANYON COUNTRY SHORES UP `BACKBONE' WITH NEW TRAIL.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - A pair of women in business suits and gym shoes gym shoes Noun, pl same as plimsolls gym shoes npl → zapatillas fpl de gimnasia gym shoes gym npl → chaussures strolled purposefully pur·pose·ful adj. 1. Having a purpose; intentional: a purposeful musician. 2. Having or manifesting purpose; determined: entered the room with a purposeful look. Wednesday along Santa Clarita's newest stretch of trail. A man in a green-and-gold Canyon High Cowboys T-shirt jogged past. ``This is beautiful, it's wonderful to have a place like this to walk,'' said Marisela Rubio, pushing an infant in a stroller along the new half-mile Canyon View Regional Trail that follows an arid stretch of the Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
The walkway/bike path is the latest piece of the city's ``backbone'' trail, which links smaller paths and pedestrian paseos throughout Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, , said Rick Gould, chief of the city's Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department. The city will hold a formal grand opening at 10 a.m. March 16 at the trailhead, near Camp Plenty Road and Canyon View Drive. ``It gives the neighborhood a nice way to access the main trail without going to the major street, Soledad (Canyon Road),'' Gould said. The new trail provides a safe path for walkers and cyclists This is an incomplete list. Please add to this list if you are aware of an omission. This is a list of cyclists by decade. Cyclists by decade Cyclists before the 1880s
The trail is lined with a fence and features a rustic slatted wooden bridge over a channel that drains into the normally dry riverbed. Drought-tolerant plants are in place as are saplings that eventually will provide some shade. At trail's end Trail's End is a brand of popcorn produced by the Weaver Popcorn Company that is provided to Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts in order to assist them with fundraising. The Scouts get prizes and get more as the sales from the popcorn increase. is a planned 24-acre Discovery Park, a passive park intended to give residents a view of the river habitat, Gould said. The path links to city trails that follow the river and its tributaries, crisscrossing Santa Clarita. That leg of trail eventually will link to one that travels south through the planned River Park development near Bouquet Canyon Road and Soledad. State and local funds, including money earmarked to promote bicycle use, paid for the trail. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour SAC edition only) Canyon Country has added a new half-mile section to its trail 'backbone' linking up to smaller paths and paseos in Santa Clarita. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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