This weekend I plan to hike this caldera lake (Lake Mashu). Another caldera (Mount Kamui) rises out of the lake. I took this picture from a turboprop, today, on my way to Nemuro, the most easterly town in Hokkaido and Japan.
Category: Living
Clean Clothes Every Day
Landed in Hokkaido from Tokyo, late Wednesday evening. Washed my clothes: they’ll be dry in time for me to wear them on an early morning turboprop flight.
ORD
I will always find it exciting to board a plane in Chicago ORD at noon, then arrive Tokyo the next day, late afternoon.
Packed Boots
Packed my boots.
Playing with Fire
Thoughts were provoked at the Guthrie’s “Frankenstein—Playing with Fire.” The Frankenstein novel was published 200 years ago; applying technologies while ignoring morality damages our society today.
MiL’s 85th
Enjoyed a balanced diet of marzipan, whipped cream, sponge, strawberry jam, and toasted almonds. My mother-in-law’s 85th.
Disaster Tourism
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Disaster Tourism
School bus, trapped in lava. Hawaii Big Island, April 2009. My partner and I hiked across lava. A map on our GPS guided us along the invisible lines of streets buried beneath us. A school bus, trapped by lava, reminded us this is a disaster site where homes had once stood. Disaster Tourism can be…… Continue reading Disaster Tourism
Brown’s Creek Trail
Cycled home from Stillwater. Appreciated the gentle gradient of the new Brown’s Creek (Rail) Trail from the St. Croix River in Stillwater to the Gateway Trail to St. Paul. Previously we had to climb Stillwater’s grueling Myrtle Street
Sleeping with Bicycles
Cycled to an exuberant bed in Stillwater, Minnesota.