Spent my morning electronically clipping Sanborn (insurance) maps of 1910 Minneapolis. Assembled maps for 20 blocks I’ll walk with a friend tomorrow.
Category: Walk
Shoe-Swap
Took off and tossed my old walking shoes at Schuler Shoes, walked out in these. When I travel, they’re backups for my boots.
Bone-Chilling Day
Walked past a University of Minnesota heating plant on a sunny, bone-chilling day.
Snow Falling on Sculpture
On my walk, snow was falling on Gold Medal Park.
San Francisco Hike
A 7-hour hike around San Francisco was our antidote for jet lag. At the Pacific Ocean, fog probably rendered this camera obscura ineffective.
Geodetic Marker
On our Waiheke Island hike: a geodetic marker, with Auckland visible in the distance. We’re spending our last two nights in New Zealand on this island, a 35-minute ferry ride from downtown Auckland.
Snapshots: Whanganui National Park
Today, a jet boat brought us back to a world with Internet and roads. Three days earlier I maneuvered our rental car along a narrow, winding road, avoiding recent rockfalls. At Pipiriki, New Zealand, a jet boat came to take us up the Whanganui River, through a vertiginous gorge, to the Bridge to Nowhere Lodge. Thursday…… Continue reading Snapshots: Whanganui National Park
Clouds and Small Things
Walked towards clouds, looked at small things.
Snapshots: Egmont National Park
New Zealand’s North Island has three national parks: Egmont, Whanganui, and Tongariro. On this trip we selected Egmont and Whanganui, two of New Zealand’s less-visited parks. We’ve spent two days hiking Egmont’s lovely trails, with two more days to go. Saturday January 6 9:50a Wellington Central Railway Station, Platform 9 (Bus) 12:10p Palmerston North City…… Continue reading Snapshots: Egmont National Park
Easing Back
Egmont National Park, Day 2 of 4. After yesterday’s Big Climb, we eased back and hiked lower-altitude forest tracks starring numerous waterfalls and furry trees hosting mosses and epiphytes.