I'm guessing nothing has reallly changed. Probably about 7 miles long, meandering, covered in weed covered rocks on both sides, with a long, flat, paved bikepath on each side. And it's probably wet....
Sorry but I could not resist.
"Love is like a snowmobile racing across the tundra then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come." Matt Groening, Life In Hell