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After 51 years, you can finally hike this Bay Area park. I did, and it made me furious.
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Palo Alto’s Foothills Park opened to non-Palo Alto residents for the first time in 51 years on Thursday, December 17th, 2020. I, Grant Marek, hiked the entire park on Sunday.Christopher Partin/ Special to SFGATE
I’m blinded by seething rage as I pass by the entrance kiosk of Palo Alto’s Foothills Park.
“Look at this f king lake. It’s beautiful,” I mutter under my breath. “Jesus, are those docks? And of course there’s a god damn meadow, is that a deer? Oh my god, are those baby deer? And this is the bathroom? Did the Ahwahnee design this s t? COME ON.” ....

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