blacktop

Ten have been opened so far, and a new agreement between the city and school district paves the way for more, although two major obstacles are funding and the need to replace blacktop with greenery.

“That’s why we don’t mind practicing on blacktop. We know what we could be.”

It’s time to grab your best fit and hit the blacktop of Chavez Ravine.

But even if you don’t get that privilege, I can’t think of a better place to stand on the blacktop and imagine what might be down the road.

It’s three miles from there to State Route 92, a trek through mesquite and grassland, floodplains and furrows that serve as a rough-hewn pathway to the two-lane blacktop and the interior that lies beyond.