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Lake Balboa Orange Line Bike Trail (Wild Flowers and Cherry Trees)

Ready to begin a beautiful and satisfying bike ride? Lake Balboa is so lovely this time of year. Full of wonderful parks like The Japanese Garden, and Lake Balboa Park. I hope you enjoy the following awesome bike ride around my neighborhood.

To begin your ride, park at the orange line station located just off Sepulveda Blvd. and Oxnard. The station is bursting with bright pink cherry trees. A beautiful start to your adventure. As you bike along you will go under a bridge and arrive at Victory blvd. Continue on this very green and stunning bike path, lined with yellow, pink and purple wild flowers, as well as cherry trees, until you come to Balboa Blvd. Cross the street and make a left (don't forget to stop and take a picture of the orange tulips. You can't miss it), so that you continue down Balboa blvd until you arrive at Balboa Sports Park. There are always teams playing soccer. Make a right into the park to continue onto the bike path, and veer right. Continue on this bike path, once again, lined with beautiful wild flowers. Keep going until you get to Corbin ave. I promise it is worth the effort to continue on, as suddenly you encounter more cherry trees, an abundance of purple and pink wild flowers lining both sides of the path, and beautiful white trees, Bradford Flowering Pear.

The entire bike path is bursting with butterflies. They flew in front of me and around me, almost the entire time. I had planned to continue on to Topanga Canyon Blvd, but suddenly the place was devoid of flowering plants. I decided instead to cross and make a left on Corbin Ave, as the residential street looked absolutely gorgeous, lined with vibrant flowers and cherry trees. Can I just say, this street appeared to contain all the butterflies in the valley. It was sort of magical.

I turned around, headed back to the orange line bike path and rode back the way I came, towards Tampa Ave. I highly recommend you make a left onto Tampa Ave and continue (via the side walk, a beautiful ride), until you arrive at Victory blvd. The other alternative of course is to ride back the same way. My way is better, you get variety and a change of scenery. Hang a right on Victory blvd. and take it the entire way back to the orange line station. The street is lined with a lot of green, plus the flowering plants of  neighborhood front yards. I even saw several large yellow butterflies. A butterfly even hit me in the eye.

Once you arrive back to the Lake Balboa area you are treated with gorgeous views of the surrounding parks, hillsides and mountains. There are several patches of wild flowers that come out of nowhere, and are lovely. Then, you encounter the stunning white trees and cherry trees once again. 

As you have noticed, the weather has gotten to be a lot warmer. I noticed a good amount of the cherry trees have already died off. I highly recommend taking this ride within the next week. It was truly a marvelous bike ride. I was exhausted in the end, but very happy. 
 

































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