A good day to be indoors planning October hikes.
Category: Plan
Plotting Trails
Prepared for October hikes: plotted trails, created GPS track files, printed 1:25,000 paper maps (as backup).
Flights to the UK with Family
Booked flights for an adventure with our nephews (they’ll be 7 and 8) and their parents.
Zen and the Art of Casserole Assembly
Oh, the things I wish I’d known when I was young. Take the ingredients for a basic bake pictured at the top of this post. They look simple enough but for me they represent small lessons learned over decades. Mise en Place I enjoy the calmness of preparing and laying out all the ingredients for…… Continue reading Zen and the Art of Casserole Assembly
My Kagoshima: Chunking the Map
I’m filled with questions when I look at a map of a place I have never visited. How do I chunk up a manageable journey through this place? How do I get there? Which areas do I visit? Where are the hiking trails? Where are the trailheads? How do I get around? How do I…… Continue reading My Kagoshima: Chunking the Map
Superior Trail Planning
Damp day: a good day to plan a Superior Trail hike. (Any day is a good day to plan a hike.)
Iron Road to the Capital of Latin America
Tomorrow I leave Savannah for Miami, the end of the line on Amtrak. A journey from a world constrained by history to a place that is still inventing itself. For tourists, Charleston and Savannah are about colonial times and early independence through the end of the civil war. A white history with selective amnesia. Miami…… Continue reading Iron Road to the Capital of Latin America
Iron Road to the Capital of Latin America
Posted Iron Road to the Capital of Latin America.
Iron Road to Gotham
This week I head slowly to New York City by Amtrak. In Life, Phase 3, you don’t have to rush or be perturbed by inevitable delays. Each night I’ll be in a hotel rather than a train, which gives me a chance to go walkabout in Chicago and Cleveland. My partner will join my in…… Continue reading Iron Road to Gotham
Iron Road to Gotham
Mile zero of 2,700 Amtrak miles. Posted about the first leg of the journey.