What's stopping you?

Along the river walk, you see all kinds of fences to discourage casual riverbed traffic from wandering through the bordering neighborhoods. In this area on Downey's island, various kinds of cactus grow up, through, and around the fence.

What do you think is the greater disincentive — the razor wire at the top of the fence or the cactus needles?

For more pictures taken around the island, click here.

Expect the unexpected

I do not expect to see barbed wire in Downey. To me, this is something you see on a ranch or a secured compound.

Somehow I forget LA is in a basin. It is so rare I see the mountains, I forget they are there!

I would never expect to come across a coyote wandering through town.