Nordeast Minneapolis: Cycled above train tracks with a friend.
Category: Place
My Kagoshima: Arriving
My 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 journeys to Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. I’ve arrived in Kagoshima Prefecture on some of the newest transportation on the planet. Arrrive… Benefit: A Good Place to Stay: …by Boeing 787 Dreamliner Quick A hotel on the edge of Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park. (Hourly direct buses from the airport.) This is…… Continue reading My Kagoshima: Arriving
Kagoshima Arrival
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Scenes from a Day in 2010
The deep sleep during the overnight long-haul across the ocean.The pause between flights when I photograph a Heineken. I email the picture to a friend who is in a different place, a different time. I remind him of this place, this time of day, this beer, three years earlier when he and I were on…… Continue reading Scenes from a Day in 2010
Scenes from a Day in 2010
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My Kagoshima: Chunking the Map
I’m filled with questions when I look at a map of a place I have never visited. How do I chunk up a manageable journey through this place? How do I get there? Which areas do I visit? Where are the hiking trails? Where are the trailheads? How do I get around? How do I…… Continue reading My Kagoshima: Chunking the Map
My Kagoshima: Chunking the Map
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Tailraces
Cycled beside the Mississippi past early Minneapolis. Tailraces from flour mills used to drain into this canal.
Streamlining Flying
Earlier this month, I found myself airside at Japan’s Fukuoka Airport. 13 minutes earlier I was boarding the subway downtown. In those 13 minutes I rode the train two stations to the airport, walked up two levels to Departures, and cleared Security. I had almost an hour before boarding the plane, plenty time for a…… Continue reading Streamlining Flying
Superior Trail Planning
Damp day: a good day to plan a Superior Trail hike. (Any day is a good day to plan a hike.)