Day 3 of my pilot walking took me to the area around Woodhill Park and (much like Day 2) near the industrial corridor along the  RJ Corman tracks.  Today’s walk took me through portions of two distinct neighborhoods with apparently different periods of construction, though both neighborhoods were typically suburban.  Today was my first experience with long cul-de-sacs, something that I’m finding are present in many of the neighborhoods built in the last five decades or so.  Cul-de-sacs are an interesting problem for me as someone who is in essence just taking a stroll through a neighborhood.  If I’m trying to get somewhere, I’m definitely going to avoid cul-de-sacs, but even if I’m strolling, my instinct is to avoid them because, well, it’s just awkward to walk down a street, then turn around and walk back.  But this is exactly what I did, several times. today.  Cul-de-sacs are intentional, a way to keep traffic and strangers off a street.  They feel safe to walk on, but I think that someday, someone is going to ask me what I’m doing!

My favorite aspect of today’s walk were the set of homes along Larkwood facing the park, pairs of detached houses with combined garages.