Images of the January 13, 2002 "A Walk to the Park"
Photographs by Yigal Toister

 

Start of "A Walk to the Park" in Putnam Plaza, downtown Petaluma.

Start of "A Walk to the Park" in downtown Petaluma

 

More walkers listening to the pedestrian safety talk at Putnam Plaza.

Walkers listening to safety talk

 

Meeting additional walkers in Washington Square, east Petaluma.

Washington Square, Petaluma

 

Kids prepare juice for walkers at the Lafferty gate.

Kids prepare juice for walkers at Lafferty gate

 

Walkers arrive at Lafferty Park gate. Friendly CHPs also start to gather. The sun came out on the mountain while valley fog still covered the city below.

Police near Lafferty park gate

 

View of Lafferty from the gate. The property includes the canyon of the Adobe Creek headwaters up to the ridgeline.

View of Lafferty from the gate.

 

Walkers enjoy juice at the Lafferty gate.

 

Bruce Hagen works the crowd at the gate.

Bruce Hagen works the crowd

 

One longtime Lafferty activist, Jerry Price, honors another, Larry Modell, with the gift of a Tibetan prayer shawl.

Jerry Price and Larry Modell

 

Walkers pose with their land -- OUR land -- in the background.

Walkers pose in front of their -- our -- land.

We'll be back. Open Lafferty!