Cycled in search of less-traveled paths.
Category: Move
Walking for Life
Walked for the sake of walking.
Happy Places
Happy place. A memory, situation, or activity that makes you feel happy. Cambridge Dictionary. November 2019. I’m on a nonstop Delta flight from Seoul ICN to Minneapolis MSP on a brand new Airbus A350. I’m contented, sipping wine, snacking on nuts, and anticipating the Korean dinner I’ve preordered. I look out the window and see… Continue reading Happy Places
May Peace Prevail on Earth
Spotted this on my cycle ride. The tower used to be part of a grain elevator. Now, it’s being incorporated into a new apartment complex. I tapped “Maanoo Da-bangan Miziwekamig” into Google and learned it’s Ojibwe. I wheeled my bicycle a little further to reveal the translation
DQ Time
It was almost 70°, I’d been pedaling hard, the service window was open, resistance was futile.
Open Road
It was easy to maintain social distance on our walk this morning. One or both lanes of this road have been made pedestrian-only for several miles.
Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Just over three weeks ago we flew from New Zealand’s South Island to the north of the North Island. With the subsequent rapid spread of COVID-19, three weeks seems like a long time ago. We flew into Kerikeri/Bay of Islands KKE, picked up a rental car, and drove to the little town of Paihia on… Continue reading Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Hiking Abandoned Roads
Hiked another barricaded, abandoned road in another lovely valley. With the closure of Volcanoes National Park, and state and county parks, we’re improvising with abandoned roads, back-country roads and former sugar cane haulage roads.
Rangitoto Island
A 20-minute ferry ride brought us to uninhabited, volcanic Rangitoto Island. As we walked for miles on trails through this nature reserve, downtown Auckland seemed far away.
Urupukapuka Island
We’re staying next to the Bay of Islands in New Zealand’s Northland. Today we took a ferry to the largest island, Urupukapuka Island, then hiked. Some of the trails were hard going, but we were often rewarded by gorgeous 360 degree views.