Sailing Along the LA River

When I'm traveling through foreign countries or other states, I feel driven, or even obligated, to see the sights while I'm there. However, I sometimes forget to explore my hometown. So, when I saw that Hidden LA was giving the last LA River Tour of the season, I thought it would provide a nice opportunity to get out and go exploring.

The LA River itself is something of a joke among locals; people don't think of it as a 'proper' river so much as a concrete scar running through town, often surrounded by industrial blight. The tour provided a corrective to that view, showing the more scenic parts of the river and explaining ambitious plans to restore the river and make it a boon to the surrounding communities.