'Hood #25: Take a Dam Walk in Lake View Terrace & Dam It Was Hot

Today, I started the day by taking a dam walk—a play on words that never gets old between my aunt and me, because it means we walked Hansen Dam in Lake View Terrace.

Lake View Terrace is an LA neighborhood in the northeast San Fernando Valley that is perhaps best known for being the location of the beating of Rodney King by LAPD in 1991.

(Actually, I didn't know that—I just looked it up on Wikipedia.)

It is also home to Hansen Dam, part of a large recreation area and a popular place to walk.

The dam is a nice elevated walk four miles round trip with a view of nearby valleys and mountains.

Even though it's only mid-March, by 1 p.m. when we got to the dam it was a blazing 90-degrees—or dam hot.

Still, thanks to some nice breezes along the way, it was a delightful walk.  Dam nice I'd say!  (I told you that pun never gets old for me.)