An LA Find & My Weeks in Review

It's amazing to me how summer vacations were so often taken for granted as a youth. I'd wile away the days with episodes of "All My Children" and reruns of old classics like "I Dream of Genie" and "I Love Lucy" without a care in the world.

Sometimes, there were week-long camps to keep me occupied or the dreary mornings of summer school that filled my days. Or I worked. Except for the time I traveled to the UK and studied at Cambridge.

So as this school year is coming to an end, it's nice to self-reflect and share how these past two weeks as a teacher has meant to me. Teaching an upper division class has been a great experience, and each student has helped me learn a little more about myself and the subject. And as many of them go off to colleges and universities across the country, two of them to my alma maters - USC and MSU, I give them all well wishes and advice that I hope will help them in this next chapter in life. Even as I type on this Saturday morning, I hope to help with a few last things at school.

These days, it's so much more meaningful to have summer vacations. And more than ever, I look forward to them with anticipation and hope to make the most of the time I have to myself.

Last week, MS and I tried out the small training archery range at Rancho Park. Every Saturday morning at 11am, Angelinos can come out to learn a little bit of the sport with a safety class and some hands-on practice. There's no charge for this activity, which is an added bonus.

It's not for the wee little ones, and the recommended age for youngsters is about 8 years old. It takes quite a bit of upper body strength to hold up and shoot the bow and arrow properly.

This mid-city range is nothing in comparison to the size of the archery range in Pasadena by the Rose Bowl, (which also holds Saturday morning safety classes). But it's quite a nice offering for the City of Los Angeles and for those interested in learning something new and old at the same time.

Olympic Youth Archery Range at Rancho Park
Near 20th Century Fox Studios
street: 2551 Motor Ave Los Angeles, CA 90064

Rancho Park is located at the southwest corner of Motor and Pico in West LA. The archery range is at the back of the park. Safety classes every Saturday at 11am.


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