tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625904668990883815.post4572417803653376972..comments2024-02-14T09:46:13.723-08:00Comments on This Makes No Sense At All: Oakland Hills Walk 3 - Merriewood Steps - Figure 8 - 1.1 milesTimecheckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03655966328174898998noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625904668990883815.post-4584609517011068762020-10-12T18:29:47.895-07:002020-10-12T18:29:47.895-07:00I grew up on Abbott Drive, and my route down the h...I grew up on Abbott Drive, and my route down the hill to school began with the stairs from Abbott to Merriewood. Then I'd go left on Taurus (very steep), right on Valley View, and then right again at the fork to get back on Merriewood! A little further and there was a staircase between Merriewood and Marden Lane, and then another staircase down to Thornhill. Then it was just a few steps to Janet Laflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263007194674042414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625904668990883815.post-38162782605993649912020-04-13T11:33:40.150-07:002020-04-13T11:33:40.150-07:00indeed it was fun. as a kid, you dont really comp...indeed it was fun. as a kid, you dont really comprehend what is involved in a lot of things. just take them as the norm. to be expected. I was unfamiliar with the Merriewood name until we needed to sell the lot there in early 2000s. that Name showed up on the survey map. As I was trolling the web for sites that mentioned Montclair & Merriewood, I stumbled onto mention of the Merriewood Larshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01012362943877876942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625904668990883815.post-2633090510735434532020-04-12T20:53:30.760-07:002020-04-12T20:53:30.760-07:00I'm glad you enjoyed the virtual visit. I'...I'm glad you enjoyed the virtual visit. I've sort of ignored my blog for quite a few years. I enjoyed the reread myself.Timecheckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03655966328174898998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625904668990883815.post-84375801471014638932020-04-12T19:48:40.082-07:002020-04-12T19:48:40.082-07:0011 years and no comments to your post. April 2020...11 years and no comments to your post. April 2020. COVID -19 Crisis. I took a little virtual Field Trip to my old neighborhood. I was Born in the Bay area. my parents bought a house in Marriewood- valley view road. about 5 houses up the road from eh Merriewood Stairs. we moved in November 1960. I learned to walk the night JFK was elected president. long time ago.<br /><br />I went to theLarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01012362943877876942noreply@blogger.com