Rear view of Scottish Rite Temple on my walk to the supermarket.
Category: Place
Dreaming of Kyushu
This winter I’ll be back in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands. I will have visited Kyushu three years in a row: 2013, 2014, and 2015. I go back for the gentle subtropical climate while Minnesota’s long winter refuses to budge. Kyushu is a manageable size, about one-sixth the area of Minnesota or…… Continue reading Dreaming of Kyushu
Dreaming of Kyushu
Posted Dreaming of Kyushu, a warm place,
Kyushu Hikes Accessible via Transit
Started building an interactive map of hikes in Kyushu (Japan) accessed by public transport.
Travel Gear: Spectacle Case
You pay attention to every item that goes into your backpack if you’re going to carry it for 330 miles (about 530 kilometers). That was my state of mind when I planned a walk around the north of England with my partner. I scrutinized every item. Does it provide sufficient value? Can I find something…… Continue reading Travel Gear: Spectacle Case
35W Bridge Collapse Memorial
Cycled past the Interstate-35W bridge collapse memorial.
Sabo Bridge
Cycled across the Sabo Bridge.
Gas
It was breakfast at the Granvia Okayama Hotel. The tour group at the next table murmured in agreement as the colonel railed against typographical errors in the itinerary. I pegged him as “the colonel,” now a paper-pusher, close to retirement. It was impossible to tune him out as he recalled his first encounter with the…… Continue reading Gas
Churning River
On today’s final North Shore hike, we looked down on the Manitou River, churning its way towards Lake Superior.
Beaver Lodge Extension
Superior Trail today: watched beavers extending their lodge. One told us to go away by bashing its tail on the water.