Category: Walk

An OLLE Hike

Paused today’s rail journey from Onomichi to Nagasaki at Kurume for a few hours to do a self-guided OLLE hike. The concepts and trail markers for OLLE hikes originated in South Korea. The energetic hike included forests, bamboo stands, shrines, great views, and fields of azaleas.

88 Temples

Pilgrims have been backpacking the Shikoku 88 for hundreds of years, visiting 88 temples on a 750 mile route around the island of Shikoku. We stored our backpacks in a locker at Matsuyama’s main train station then walked between a few temples.

CCC Trails

The first part of our hike took us past several waterfalls as Cascade River tumbled towards Lake Superior. The trails were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s. I’d applaud the return of the Corps.

Multiplying Rail Tracks

Walked my bicycle beside a single rail track that became a double track that became a quadruple track. Stopped trespassing before I would be in a large, active rail yard.

Categorized as Walk

Cold Beer in a (Former) Convent

The boys and their mom stayed behind to shop in Antequera. The rest of us hiked a few miles to a former convent, now a hotel serving cold beer. Back at our Airbnb it was announced today is Uncles‘ Day. We refreshed ourselves with ice cream, and reserved cream cakes for later.

A Random Walk through Nerja

After dinner we walked. At each intersection, our nephews threw a coin in the air. Heads, we turned right, tails, left. Once, the coin rolled into a crack between cobblestones. After a failed attempt to lift a cobblestone, we walked straight ahead. The game ended at a gelateria.

Birders

Walked along a tributary of the Mississippi where my friends temporarily joined a group of birders. I learned this is the best time of the year to hear bird songs.