{"id":2770,"date":"2021-09-29T23:14:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T06:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shirscribe.com\/?p=2770"},"modified":"2021-10-05T23:42:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T06:42:11","slug":"getting-out-the-house-my-0-day-trip-at-the-culver-city-stairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shirscribe.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/29\/getting-out-the-house-my-0-day-trip-at-the-culver-city-stairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Out the House: My $0 Day Trip at the Culver City Stairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Starting from the bottom…<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook<\/a><\/strong> (Culver City Stairs) 6300 Hetzler Rd, Culver City, CA 90232<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ah alas, my long awaited $0 day trip is finally here. If you don\u2019t know what I\u2019m talking about, you have some reading to do: start here<\/a>, then go here<\/a> and here<\/a>. But for a quick recap, I do this thing where I take $20 day trips with a bit of a catch. That\u2019s a hard budget to stick to, I know, so the rule is if I stay under $20, I can add the balance to my next trip. However, if I go over, I have to subtract the overage from the following trip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was doing pretty good budget wise with these trips, that is until my last outing to Carlsbad where I went over budget, leaving me with $0 for my next trip (this trip),  even cutting into the budget of the trip after that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so here we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps you can tell by how long it took me to take this trip that I didn\u2019t really want to do it. No that\u2019s not true, I wanted to do it for the challenge, but I was just apprehensive about it because I didn\u2019t think it would be that fun. I mean this whole $0 day trip thing not only leaves me searching for something free to do, it also leaves me with no money to buy food. Who goes on a day trip and doesn\u2019t get anything to eat? So even though I like the idea of a challenge, I didn\u2019t like what this challenge would beget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, I thought, I owe it to myself to at least attempt it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So on Monday, September 27, I decided that Tuesday would be the day I would do it.\u00a0 I even laid my clothes out the night before, however that was followed by a series of unfortunate events (shout out to Lemony Snicket<\/a>) that made Tuesday a no go.\u00a0 For starters, I went to bed late, at around 12:30p.m. but didn\u2019t actually fall asleep until maybe around four. I set the clock for 6:30a.m. but didn\u2019t want to get up. I finally got up around 10a.m. only to discover I had no clean sports bra. Sure I had those bralette type things that I usually where when I work out to Team Body Project<\/a> at home, or go for a walk around the neighborhood or in the park. But climbing stairs? There\u2019s only one sports bra I have that can handle that task. I need the girls to stay put.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so, it got pushed back to Wednesday, today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I washed my sports bra, I already had my clothes in place. Now it was just a matter of going to sleep, getting up, and getting there\u2026getting out the house. And what do you know, I did as much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even in the days leading up to today, I just kept telling myself I could do it, while at the same time giving myself permission to quit if it got too hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I came around the bend from Obama Blvd ( I love saying that) to Jefferson Blvd, there it was. I saw it: this big ass hill. I\u2019d read about it on the internet doing my research, I\u2019d even seen videos of it on YouTube, still I wasn\u2019t prepared for how high this thing was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first thought was oh, hell no. Yet somehow I managed to keep driving and found a parking spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s an incline you have to go up before you ever reach the stairs, and I was out of breath just going up that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have no idea what I’m mumbling here, I had a mask on, but this is the incline you have to trek up before reaching the stairs. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then I reached it, the bottom of the stairs, and there before me lay choices: I could go up the stairs, or I could take one of the paths on either side, no stairs. I reminded myself I could quit at any time and took the stairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The path to the side of the stairs <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

These steps were not homogenous by any means: some or larger than others, some are wider than others, some are higher than others, presenting an extra challenge. Still, I got off to a good start. I went up the first 15, 20 pretty easily, then I was out of breath. I stopped at the landings, sometimes I even stopped on the steps. But aided by a playlist featuring Jonathan McReynolds, Ne-Yo and Beyonce, I made it to the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All 235 pounds of me, pounded 282 steps (I don\u2019t know where I got 715 steps from in a previous post).  I couldn\u2019t believe it. I was so excited, out of breath, but excited. Today was a much nicer day to do this than yesterday was anyway, even with the smoggy view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now we here. This is the top of the stairs. Do you know what movie the song I’m singing is from? <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I think I made it up there in about 20 or 25 minutes. I\u2019m not for sure. I should have timed myself, I wasn\u2019t thinking. Coming back down was much easier, though still challenging. It actually felt a bit more dangerous because of the uneven steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just look how steep!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All in all I enjoyed it. It was much more fun than I thought it would be. That\u2019s probably because I finished it. It feels good to set a goal and finish something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m definitely going to go back. I think if I would have stretched beforehand it would have been even easier\u2026well, less strain on my muscles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whew, so that\u2019s done. I\u2019ll have to look up how much money I\u2019ll have for my next trip and get back to you. But for now, that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where will I be off to next?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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