Walked through a monotonous landscape on Farewell Spit, a sandbar near where we’re staying. Unseen by us were big numbers: it’s the longest sandbar on Earth (16 miles); the sea recedes up to 4 miles at low tide; this month, bar-tailed godwits will migrate 7,500 miles to Alaska.
Category: Walk
Abel Tasman National Park
Until now, we’ve avoided Abel Tasman National Park on the north coast of New Zealand’s South Island: it’s just too popular. We prefer to even the tourist load and enjoy a quieter experience by visiting less popular “B-list” places. We would be passing right by Abel Tasman on our way to a remote VRBO (Vacation…… Continue reading Abel Tasman National Park
Queen Charlotte Track 2020
Last week we hiked the Queen Charlotte Track for the third time. Including a rest day we took five days to walk 72 kilometers along a well-engineered and maintained trail. This was a walk in the park, especially as our backpacks were transported ahead of us by boat. We took a boat to the start…… Continue reading Queen Charlotte Track 2020
Final Leg, Queen Charlotte Trail
Continued our walk, another seven hours along the ridge to the end of the Queen Charlotte Track.
Punga Cove
View from our A-frame, Punga Cove, Marlborough Sound, half-way through our hike.
Swanky Coffee
Walked the Minneapolis skyways to avoid subzero weather. Stopped for a coffee and pastry at Spyhouse Coffee in the Emery Hotel in a beautifully repurposed bank building.
Augsburg University
Wandered through Augsburg University with a friend who studied mathematics there in the 1960’s.
Diverse Walk
On my diverse walk: an art gallery, a gingerbread Hardanger violin, and lefse for later at Norway House; American Indian galleries at All My Relations and the Minneapolis American Indian Center; tonkotsu ramen, and Chinese broccoli (for later) at United Noodles, an Asian supermarket.
Model of Downtown
The Minneapolis skyways were 80 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the streets below, so I walked the skyways. Spotted a model of Downtown in Cesar Pelli’s Wells Fargo Center. For me, the Wells Fargo Center seems outclassed by the restraint of Philip Johnson’s IDS Center.
Icy Paths
Managed to stay upright on icy paths as I walked our jogging route.