Worked in USA, Canada, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Nicaragua, UAE, Morocco, Iraq, Nigeria, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, India -- and all of them full of good people. Still working, now back in the USA.
Weekends are usually biking, kayaking, or hiking. I follow #hiking and #kayaking, so even if it looks like I'm not following you... I'm following you ;)
I usually post a couple times a week.
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When I'm out hiking, I always take the path less traveled. On almost every outing, it means I discover a dead end and have to backtrack or bushwhack.
I had a good laugh walking with the river on my right and suddenly noticing water on my left as well. I didn't realize what that meant until I reached the very obvious point of a peninsula. Okay, backtracking it is!
But then there's the good part about going off popular trails and following rough deer trails. You run into deer!
Had my wife drop me off downstream and walked back. Well, almost back. I got just over 15 miles when I hit the dinner time limit and she insisted on driving me home from wherever I was.
But it was a great walk!
The movie (with more pictures):
https://www.relive.com/view/vJOKzY9LG5v
Another mixed day: 10 miles of kayaking carrying the bike and 8.5 miles of biking towing the kayak.
It's so freeing to be out kayaking and to be able to consider every spot where a bike trail passes close to the water as a potential recovery spot. So I never bother to plan my day. When the excitement of being on the trail is greater than the excitement of kayaking further, I switch modes.
14 mile (22km) walk on a 97F (36C) sunny day.
I dropped off my car for service in the morning, but I chose too long of a route to hike to get it before the shop closed. It's prioritizing. I can pick up my car tomorrow. Today was for being outside surrounded by nature.
12 mile (19km) walk along the river. Surprised myself by getting on an unfamiliar side trail. That's getting hard to do since I've been walking the roughly 50 miles of trails I can reach from my house for quite a while.
Still waiting for those 40C days I know are coming! Today was only 99F (37C).
On my way back from today's walk, I cut through a residential area. A car stopped and told me there were bees ahead. Ummm, okay?
I walked another 10 yards or so and then I saw them. Holy cow! A swarm of bees 50 feet across and 20 feet high flying in a circle. It was like a bee race. They covered the street and half of someone's yard. I was in awe.
Eventually I judged the bees had moved a bit and I might run by at the edge of the street. So I did. They followed me! More running! Adventure!
Wife says "Ooh, that one should be on a poster" and "I want that one for the Garden Club". Yes, I'm that shallow. A little flattery and I went and married her just to ensure a lifetime supply.
Of course, in keeping with Sturgeon's Law, she swipes by 90% of my shots with no comment.
At Half Moon Bay (in California). Drove out to go walk the "Cypress Tunnel" with my wife, then she drove back to the hotel without me. Walked back to the hotel and just kept going until I ran out of trail.
I let my wife look at all my pictures; the ones she said "wow" at are posted here.
My wife is treating me to a weekend in Half Moon Bay. She wanted to come here to escape the valley heat. The cooler weather here at the coast means I get to look at flowers again!
She promised me tomorrow I could hit the coastal trail and walk as far as I want. It's a paved trail, not my favorite, but the views make up for it.
Out for a short 10-mile walk in temperatures somewhat higher than 100F/38C. Not 40C, so it's not really hot yet 😉.
I did my first walk with a harness umbrella holder and WOW did it make a difference! I've got a hiking umbrella (reflective silver on top and black on the bottom), but it's a bother to always carry it. The holder just takes care of that. Walking in permanent shade really helps.
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