tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70304271548528537602024-03-13T14:25:04.486-04:00Might Oughta Shouldwhere triple modals are the normLiz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.comBlogger430125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-8562615780578266812024-02-27T15:15:00.002-05:002024-02-27T15:16:00.348-05:00Where things stand re. single use plastics<p>Here we are at the end of February. Has our single-use plastic consumption declined? Yeah, but...</p><p>We've only been at this for two months, but we're concluding that a life without single-use plastic is pretty darned near impossible in the U.S. without massively adjusting what we eat. Is it possible to eat 100% locally sourced foods? Probably. Are we going to try hard enough to do that? Jury's still out on that. No coffee, no chocolate, no lemons, no pears, no sugar, no lots of stuff. Maybe we can dedicate a week or two to trying this later this spring, to see how it goes...</p><p>We've made some changes that we like:</p><p>* We're much better about remembering to bring bags with us to shop at the Farmers' Market and the food co-op, and going without bags if we forget them, knowing our backpacks can handle loose radicchio, kohlrabi, and other seasonal veggies until we get them home.</p><p>* We're much better about re-using plastic bags that we might not have re-used previously, because by trying to forego plastic bags, we're realizing what a luxury a good plastic bag is.</p><p>* We're re-using glass jars to store bulk foods, and enjoying the ease of use, the visual appeal, and (hopefully) the reduction in off-gassing from plastic containers into food for long-term storage. We now use plastic mainly for storing leftovers.</p><p>* We're eating more locally-grown, seasonal foods--easy to do as spring ramps up, probably harder to do once we hit fall.</p><p>* We're eating more vegan meals. Locally, there's no way to get lactose-free milk in glass bottles, and there's no way to get dairy-free milk substitutes that aren't in plasticized containers. Going milk-free has also been abetted by a video that social media thrust at me, showing an adult cow clearly upset as a calf is being carted off in a trailer. Who knows what the cow and calf are thinking, but they're clearly thinking. As you can't get milk from cows without cows birthing calves, I'm trying to go without for now. Eggs then follow, logically. I've been a vegetarian since 1986, so it's beyond time that I try going this extra step. </p><p>We've found some recipes worth remembering: this <a href="https://www.momontimeout.com/apple-bread-recipe/#recipe">apple cinnamon cake</a> (the recipe calls it "bread"--yeah, right), subbing 1/2 c. applesauce for the eggs, and 1/4 c. vegan butter substitute for the 1/2 c. butter (since applesauce is also a butter substitute). And chickpeas with broccolini (saute a good amount of sliced garlic, 2 crushed small bright red hot peppers from the stash your sister-in-law brought you from Mexico, smoked paprika, and fennel seeds in EVOO, add 1 can drained chickpeas, stir for a bit, then add a bunch of broccolini and saute until wilted. So so good. Save the chickpea water--a.k.a. aquafaba--to make <a href="https://delightfuladventures.com/aquafaba-macaroons/#recipe">coconut macaroons</a>; these are less cloyingly sweet than the non-vegan variety.</p><p>As for making <a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2024/01/avoiding-single-use-plastic-is-hard-to.html">homemade vanilla extract</a>, the most inefficient adventure imaginable to reduce single-use plastics... What was I thinking? The local bulk-foods store, <a href="https://www.pnpdurham.com/">Part & Parcel</a>, was out of vanilla beans, with no anticipated back-in-stock date, so I ordered beans online. Of course they came vacuum-wrapped in huge sheets of plastic, as must all bulk vanilla beans in the U.S. Doh. But I have 24 beans soaking in a good 4 cups of vodka; shake shakety shake shake. The extract should be ready for use in about 6 months.</p>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-10812380673968621232024-01-16T16:20:00.006-05:002024-01-16T16:20:54.737-05:00Durham Farmers' Market plastic-free scouting<p>On Saturday, we walked to the Durham Farmers' Market to scout out veggies not prewrapped in plastic, and we ended up signing up for a year with <a href="https://therecollective.co/">The ReCollective</a>. The ReCollective collects "hard-to-recycle items (the stuff that can’t go in your curbside bin) that would otherwise be landfill-bound right from your doorstep and ensure they are reused or recycled in transparent and responsible ways." This includes sheet plastics, plastic wrappers, and plastic wrapping materials*--so even if we can't eliminate these from our food purchases, at least we can direct them more intentionally toward re-use and recycling. We'd heard about this business from friends who subscribe, and appreciated the opportunity on Saturday to ask questions in person. </p><p>We then stopped by the fabulous <a href="https://www.boxcarrhandmadecheese.com/">BoxCarr Handmade Cheese</a> stand. Their cream cheeses come in plastic containers that we can re-use; their gooey brie-like cheese are wrapped in plasticized paper; and their hard cheeses are vaccum-wrapped in plastic. I mentioned my goal of reducing my single-use plastic footprint, and asked whether they could ever wrap some of their hard cheeses in plasticized paper for us if we pre-ordered. They were very friendly about it and said they'd do it--but after chatting about it, it was clear the main impact would be more work for them with minimal environmental impact, so we probably won't end up asking them for that. The main takeaway: given the effort that goes into making a living producing cheese on a small scale, plastic wraps are essential for preventing spoilage.</p><p>We know alternatives are possible. Cheese vendors at German markets, for example, bring large rounds of cheeses to market, cut pieces to order, and wrap them in paper for each individual customer, rather than selling pre-packaged cheese. Perhaps we can find this process at Whole Foods or Harris Teeter.</p><p>*Stefan has insisted on collecting these plastics for years, even though our city recycling service won't accept them. In theory, we can drop them off at grocery stores; in practice, we store them in large plastic trash bags in our pantry or car trunk, for months and months, before remembering to drop them off at a store. Once they're dropped off, we suspect they're simply incinerated rather than recycled. The ReCollective is more specific about <a href="https://therecollective.co/materials/">where they direct the materials they collect</a>.</p>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-23934930332779256732024-01-10T21:55:00.000-05:002024-01-10T21:55:47.364-05:00Avoiding single use plastic is hard to do<p>As 2023 headed to a close, I decided 2024 would be a good time for me to make a major effort to avoid single-use plastic.</p><p>Ten days in, I haven't gotten very far.</p><p>Here are some things that come in plastic:</p><p>* <b>Milk</b> (specifically Lactaid, because I've become less tolerant of lactose in my dotage). I could buy it by the cardboard-carton quart instead of by the plastic-jug gallon, but cartons also contain plastic. Or I could buy milk in glass bottles and use lactase drops to break down the lactose, a more expensive option than buying milk in larger quantities at Costco. Or I could quit consuming dairy products. As an ovo-lacto vegetarian since 1986, I've thought on and off about going vegan. If the numerous ethical and environmental animal-husbandry reasons to do so aren't sufficient motivation, perhaps rejecting single-use plastic is? </p><p>* <b>Cheese</b>. Maybe I need to buy this at a grocery store deli counter instead of out of a refrigerator. I might be able to persuade one of the local cheese vendors at the Durham Farmers' Market to wrap some cheeses for me in paper instead of plastic, but there's a big monetary difference between locally made cheese and Costco's imported selection. Maybe cheese needs to become a rare treat instead of a frequent food.</p><p>* <b>Tofu</b>. The Co-op has dozens of plastic boxes of tofu in the refrigerator section. Perhaps I can find tofu in bulk somewhere local (and here, the walkaholic notes that this will necessitate driving; the four-mile RT walk to the co-op is more manageable than the 15-mile RT walk to the Asian food store)... Do I want to try making tofu from scratch?</p><p>* <b>Vegan imitation animal flesh</b>. 100% packaged in plastic. Fine, I'll stick with beans and grains and eggs.</p><p>* <b>Cauliflower and spinach</b>. These come pre-wrapped in plastic at the Co-op, Whole Foods, and Harris Teeter. I could buy broccoli and kale instead, or purchase cauliflower and spinach seasonally at the Farmers' Market. Eating seasonally and locally is probably the more interesting way to go.</p><p>* <b>Coffee beans</b>. Caffeine and I do not get along, so I've been drinking only decaf since 1986--but I do enjoy the decaf lattes S makes me for breakfast. I guess I could switch to tea...</p><p>* <b>Tea</b>. My most recent box of peppermint tea came wrapped in plastic, but herbal tea--and mint in particular--is easy enough to find in bulk.</p><p>---</p><p>Here's the plastic inventory for last night's dinner (cauliflower cheese pie with grated-potato crust [based on the recipe from the Moosewood Cookbook], green leafy salad, and chocolate pudding): </p><p>I bought the potatoes in bulk, so no plastic.</p><p>The <b>onion </b>was the last onion from a 3-lb. bag; the bag was made of plastic netting with a plasticized label. Next time, I can buy individual unbagged onions--and pay more for the privilege. </p><p>The <b>cauliflower </b>came in a plastic bag that I figured I could re-use for other veggies--but the bag turned out to have slits cut into it so the cauliflower could breathe.</p><p>The eggs came in a cardboard egg carton, but the <b>milk and cheese</b> came in plastic. Salt, pepper, thyme--the seasonings all came in re-fillable glass containers.</p><p>S made the salad. The <b>lettuce</b> came from a plastic bag of five heads, from Costco, but locally grown lettuce is easy enough to purchase unbagged. Next time. </p><p>Vinegar and olive oil came from glass bottles, but <b>honey </b>and <b>stone-ground mustard</b> both came in plastic bottles. I don't know of any bulk sources for stone-ground mustard (although last year I tried, and failed, to make whole-seed mustard from scratch), but we can switch to glass-jarred brands. Likewise honey, or I can find a source for bulk honey and re-use the bear-shaped plastic bottles.</p><p>Dessert was chocolate pudding from scratch. <b>Milk</b> from a plastic jug. Organic <b>sugar</b> from a plastic bag; we can buy sugar in a paper sack next time. The cornstarch, cocoa powder, butter, and chocolate came from non-plastic containers, although the cornstarch container has a plastic lid. Next time I can buy cornstarch in a cardboard box. <b>Vanilla</b> came from a plastic bottle from Costco. Homemade vanilla extract sounds like a worthwhile project.</p><p>---</p><p>Sometime in the next week, I will walk over to <a href="https://www.pnpdurham.com/">Part and Parcel</a> to check out their bulk offerings. I'll report back...</p>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-63877697876513703782024-01-03T12:04:00.005-05:002024-01-03T13:20:17.613-05:00Walking wrap up, 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYs1ZwTCeZe-EpZJr3ki4w3VZ4OilyKz2hohaauce2QxD8XPrNjHE3ihnWstme5SYmPZB0hOk_uQ3mb1q0-y2xKngNoXd6yYJtm9ohP-Uiyc0S-f8oy8b3gUAbg5Dk8ARd0bZ-ZNRedLkdOY-0-kQfg_nZViW4wScDl5o-ZGIQyGr2uhkb5mA7w_Y6HBqH/s956/20231231_175213.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="956" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYs1ZwTCeZe-EpZJr3ki4w3VZ4OilyKz2hohaauce2QxD8XPrNjHE3ihnWstme5SYmPZB0hOk_uQ3mb1q0-y2xKngNoXd6yYJtm9ohP-Uiyc0S-f8oy8b3gUAbg5Dk8ARd0bZ-ZNRedLkdOY-0-kQfg_nZViW4wScDl5o-ZGIQyGr2uhkb5mA7w_Y6HBqH/s320/20231231_175213.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>My goal in 2023 was to walk less than in <a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2023/01/thats-wrap.html">2022</a>, since my 2022 mileage (3,024 miles) required an obsessiveness I didn't want to repeat. </p><p>Goal achieved! By 4pm on New Year's Eve, I had reached 2,813 recorded miles, which is indeed less than 3,024, but still enough to say "I walked a lot."</p><p>Then I thought, "but wouldn't it be cool to have a mile total that's divisible by 3? And by 2?" So at 10pm, after dinner with friends yet before sitting around a fire pit with them waiting for midnight, S and I excused ourselves to walk a tidy figure 8 around our block and an adjacent block, and I ended the year with 2,814 miles.</p><p>2,814 is indeed divisible by 3 and by 2--and by 7 and 67. Wouldja look at that--it's the product of four distinct prime numbers! What fun! I wonder how many of those are there in the vicinity of 2,800?<sup>1</sup> </p><p>Had I been paying more attention, I might have happily stopped walking at 2,813 miles, since 2,813 is a <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiprime">semiprime</a></i>--the product of just two prime numbers (2813 = 29 * 97). By definition, those prime numbers don't have to be distinct--so the squares of prime numbers are also semiprimes.</p><p>What about products of <b>three</b> prime numbers? A positive integer having three distinct prime factors is called a <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenic_number">sphenic number</a> </i>(by definition, no squares are allowed). Once you go from three to four prime factors, you enter the territory of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_prime">k-<i>almost primes</i></a>, where <i>k </i>is the number of prime factors. Squares are allowed, so 2,814, with its four distinct prime factors, is 4-almost prime, but so is 16 (16 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 2). I have mixed feelings about this.</p><p>I think for 2024 I should aim for my mileage total to be a sphenic number.<sup>3</sup></p><p>I asked ChatGPT for a list of sphenic numbers between 2,800 and 3,200, and learned that ChatGPT is as incompetent at listing sphenic numbers as it is at reading roadmaps. This both gives me hope and stokes fear: AI will never replace people, but reliance on AI will probably end civilization as we know it.</p><p>To the sphenic list rescue: <a href="https://oeis.org/A007304/b007304.txt">The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences</a>! Had I stopped at 2,810 miles last year, I would have nailed it.</p><p>For those of you dear readers who are still hanging in there, here's one last, exciting tidbit tangentially related to the number 2,814. I find it delightful how easy it is to see that 7 is a factor of 2,814, compared to e.g. the less immediately obviously 7-factorable number 2,226 (also a 4-almost-prime with four distinct factors). So I asked Google if there's an easy way to quickly determine whether a number is divisible by 7, AND THERE IS!<sup>2</sup> Oh my goodness, that extra figure-8 mile at 10pm on New Year's Eve was worthwhile!</p><div>------</div><p>Here are the 2023 walking stats I'm most proud of:</p><p>Longest single walk: 26.81 miles. I finally walked a marathon! Twice, actually, on January 15 and January 27. The first was my annual American Tobacco Trail long walk. The second was a repeat for a friend who had wanted to go the first time.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkY4_uAp5VxyBxkxE-1qUMAai2_TY9aQ2Jxo6B5DbnvW3emN3Jc0P1RHuk53gTHskcOLj1G3Hzi8YCt_NLCR35g7p9SABbBEq-wuESjHkRIOJ3LsXh2b_d_-lf8XdM8jjcojNOcUXodlswIVrZnVVAiBHtxJN7_pOsD4SDw1xCZE71c3-zJ2nfxrgnrjq/s1080/strava3684213010976505608.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkY4_uAp5VxyBxkxE-1qUMAai2_TY9aQ2Jxo6B5DbnvW3emN3Jc0P1RHuk53gTHskcOLj1G3Hzi8YCt_NLCR35g7p9SABbBEq-wuESjHkRIOJ3LsXh2b_d_-lf8XdM8jjcojNOcUXodlswIVrZnVVAiBHtxJN7_pOsD4SDw1xCZE71c3-zJ2nfxrgnrjq/s320/strava3684213010976505608.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p></p><p>Number of weeks topping 100 miles: 4 (2 in June, 1 in July, 1 in November)</p><p>Most miles in a single week: 108 (July)</p><p>Number of months topping 300 miles: 2 (June and July)</p><p>Most miles in a single month: 361 (June)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1c5UwlUMFYFKnHsDsFqHiFsDODMXVyj9bWkJLzOubXXlbuTfWnGe1RavO8kZxD6BhOuiB1TJ3uR01mB_iUErEo8a5PCCtDTFbE_6Qozvv3prpuAMaF-XEF2jlAgK1-Faz0v-72_K0OiKu445-w2AJx5T3of4TVqwAsS0VPNjgSLvT-CPg50Un_LTFz-J/s1080/strava8017097916200175806.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1c5UwlUMFYFKnHsDsFqHiFsDODMXVyj9bWkJLzOubXXlbuTfWnGe1RavO8kZxD6BhOuiB1TJ3uR01mB_iUErEo8a5PCCtDTFbE_6Qozvv3prpuAMaF-XEF2jlAgK1-Faz0v-72_K0OiKu445-w2AJx5T3of4TVqwAsS0VPNjgSLvT-CPg50Un_LTFz-J/s320/strava8017097916200175806.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p>Favorite multi-day walk: In June, S and I went out the front door of the familial cottage in southern Bavaria and spent 11 days <a href="https://wadlstrumpf.blogspot.com/2023/06/walking-to-italy-bayern-photo-dump-1.html">hiking to Italy</a>.</p><p>Favorite photo: Hiking up from Hallerangerhaus to the Lafatscher saddle on <a href="https://wadlstrumpf.blogspot.com/2023/06/walking-to-italy-austria-day-6.html">Day 6</a> of that multi-day hike: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jXa_gxlw3mEtZu5-eNRJIzZGGng5E9S9ktnfIpXpooPM9Wdjo3k6bvbOipitm38ZePJwAzlwsWBTCWUr_U9wjG9T3Kok0tZDa3yAhdgYK9NPRJ26-daLZb5yBs_25x8DQmfuI4Rvcgu3zvhlx3Co5--yqkPpnU9dGQPEFUThFSZrw0vhLQ4pPtZOhco/s800/20230613_080458.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jXa_gxlw3mEtZu5-eNRJIzZGGng5E9S9ktnfIpXpooPM9Wdjo3k6bvbOipitm38ZePJwAzlwsWBTCWUr_U9wjG9T3Kok0tZDa3yAhdgYK9NPRJ26-daLZb5yBs_25x8DQmfuI4Rvcgu3zvhlx3Co5--yqkPpnU9dGQPEFUThFSZrw0vhLQ4pPtZOhco/s320/20230613_080458.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Nothing else new to report. <a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2023/01/thats-wrap.html">All of the walking philosophy from the preceding walking-intense years still stands.</a></p><p>What does 2024 hold in store? Another American Tobacco Trail marathon. Another car-free February. Hopefully completing our multi-day trek southward across the Alps, from our 2023 end point to where the mountains yield to flat terrain. </p><p>Here's to great walking in 2024!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6nH-I4WIEHT2p3NE2dutdNsUan7Y_Lh4mKu70TE4dJSmR2fbRYC3DpAz3DsGEzjs8QorM-Erfcl1PkeNRZAKDsRH9n_NgLCRnNAiSQfXHK4AuIOHCr7pAK0EQEgaiW_Eh6QSwTAky3dFEQRCFTcmctYH8QARBtGUnxzA-sMI1oy_2PSx0Cvdt7PknEIB/s954/20231231_175141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="954" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6nH-I4WIEHT2p3NE2dutdNsUan7Y_Lh4mKu70TE4dJSmR2fbRYC3DpAz3DsGEzjs8QorM-Erfcl1PkeNRZAKDsRH9n_NgLCRnNAiSQfXHK4AuIOHCr7pAK0EQEgaiW_Eh6QSwTAky3dFEQRCFTcmctYH8QARBtGUnxzA-sMI1oy_2PSx0Cvdt7PknEIB/s320/20231231_175141.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><sup>1</sup><a href="https://oeis.org/A014613/b014613.txt">Between 2,800 (my minimum mileage goal last year) and 2,850</a>, there are three almost-primes that have four <b>distinct</b> prime factors: 2,805 (5 * 3 * 11 * 17); 2,814 (2 * 3 * 7 * 67); and 2,838 (2 * 3 * 11 * 43).<div><div><sup><br /></sup></div><div><sup>2</sup>To quickly determine whether a number is divisible by 7: </div><div><br /></div><div>(1) remove the last digit of the number; </div><div>(2) double that digit; then </div><div>(3) subtract that from the truncated original number. </div><div><br /></div><div>If the result is divisible by 7, then the original number is divisible by 7. </div><div><br /></div><div>For example, 2,226:</div><div>(1) remove the 6;</div><div>(2) double it (6 * 2 = 12); then</div><div>(3) subtract 12 from the truncated number (222 - 12 = 210). </div><div><br /></div><div>210 is divisible by 7, so 2,226 is divisible by 7. </div><div><br /></div><div>My mathematician dad liked general proofs over anecdotal examples, so I'm including <a href="https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/44459/proof-for-divisibility-by-7">this link</a> for him, wherein a general proof is offered.</div><div><br /></div><div>(And about the above example, what fun: 210 = 2 * 3 * 5 * 7 -- the product of the four smallest prime numbers. 2,226 is likewise the product of four distinct primes -- 2 * 3 * 7 * 59. Clearly 2023 has given me food for thought for my 2024 walks.)</div><div><p></p></div></div><sup>3</sup>I was interested in the etymology of the word sphenic, so I looked it up in the etymology bible, a.k.a. the Oxford English Dictionary--and there's no entry for the word at all. Tsk. <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sphenic">Wikipedia</a> to the rescue: the word is from Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”), + -ic.Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-78130775795695352102023-12-05T17:29:00.001-05:002023-12-05T17:29:01.292-05:00Scotch bonnet bonanza<p>A few weeks ago, we made our annual migration to Ocracoke for Friendsgiving. I walked over 100 miles that week. Seventy-eight miles in, after a day of strong winds followed by a day of rain followed by a day of calm, I found a large, colorful, slightly less elusive scotch bonnet--my second find in about ten Thanksgivings of searching:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjct3RhhJ9XiNR7s7Fbug4hNEPBwYPNmPaL7nVXje-YWlHCA0K_zSNNkjJ2aOYxKJzCeq0my6_m7XVC5yGD1VKhjgmxs_Cyuu9DsdGiZnNr-HuMizaI_Ft4HBCEVCXOiwGXOHg2anFqvQmIT8AbusNvMRFgrZjtO1Xl0zq2aYMAHjZ1x2fyTK-ieI4-W3oz/s4000/20231124_071933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjct3RhhJ9XiNR7s7Fbug4hNEPBwYPNmPaL7nVXje-YWlHCA0K_zSNNkjJ2aOYxKJzCeq0my6_m7XVC5yGD1VKhjgmxs_Cyuu9DsdGiZnNr-HuMizaI_Ft4HBCEVCXOiwGXOHg2anFqvQmIT8AbusNvMRFgrZjtO1Xl0zq2aYMAHjZ1x2fyTK-ieI4-W3oz/s320/20231124_071933.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2996" data-original-width="2247" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmE7v-1k3WeeAaXDpAXWQXLQ0Y0OMKEWgtMv5ei65pTfOFwDNWQKdDAVv8pektulzglmrLy5yaWyczMbcmPOxm435rrPoiZGOzQOpIdQsquPxWYkwm8p-8bRB4GfIuNZuELDXzxxLJ7NnpYgyi8NE1okRQWprv4UyAcfiUKTGtKFNCGkNYPGe1idnhxjvP/s320/1700828456937.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And I thought, "my work here is done."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I walked another mile or two, and then I found this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJr7TNYWXR7RtJQLNmGdha5AcZkGKFBfQPVEIQLo7DSkZELwo7ccxvl5knqxDJHv6UD5w-hfj9w5ZbXMsBYE-lkxrJEEJWugqCxig1kCH9zuIXHFNQInYtpaQ6Iym2OtP3tmGjMb7_ofG39n1XUxsxp-XwXP5HY_QhP8iauxS77hNOKeO7YDv_NxhgpBr-/s4000/1700833955085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">Several miles later, at the NE end of the island, a gaggle of adultlets picked me up, with the plan of stopping off on the drive SW to see some <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article248216610.html">elusive shipwreck remains</a>--either the Steamboat Home (wrecked 1837) or the Nomis (wrecked 1935).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ggql9gVxlEI2NiVAd1cQtcP2U6ASXbQVVgzVR4ttDK4jl0HB6DivnY8WY0dRkbotmt6mdIvcAwWxkz7ekJQMXfRdEW6z3up-3CiT2sOMwtOOpGmBDwDjSpm60cGIC3PNFPWmQmgbVoa-XMvPjbHgCsffeZCjAfnO6wyTlDDWQkaJLROwqBrRtm2vjxDI/s4000/20231124_120339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ggql9gVxlEI2NiVAd1cQtcP2U6ASXbQVVgzVR4ttDK4jl0HB6DivnY8WY0dRkbotmt6mdIvcAwWxkz7ekJQMXfRdEW6z3up-3CiT2sOMwtOOpGmBDwDjSpm60cGIC3PNFPWmQmgbVoa-XMvPjbHgCsffeZCjAfnO6wyTlDDWQkaJLROwqBrRtm2vjxDI/s320/20231124_120339.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3023" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7irpn9ZXj2DBTEijcmnfu8gUEHDz7xnrzrrqP3Z3MuO2WMotw08LiN_4Mw3E1DqlLYisI93bCIL9WaYf_VFNluCoEaLXGKycbxII_fhLJOFR5302_PUZIomy85sLH_9srQnw21ynhDA7-CTJCLBc5u4sQWN-5ThpxpmqBN8OVvJj3euujkOegTr5b_PW/s320/20231124_142657.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> On the way back to the car, K found yet another scotch bonnet...<p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOyKLamSqNFNrGOZ7bgyoSZCJ2B6_oLCGJc5gBgwb504a6URnhfbUhhyhTaMqNgz0V1X7Ru0bzEmiotVlYHmKxFW7POftRFVNZ1C2d-wCEv6NobzTM9Im5CRkkSkicUOt6uHHZwLUwvFpOkE7Md6jvS8ccx0taUjQJ4Y8UMO_KP7chzx5dc1gOelBaZrV5/s1872/20231124_125630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="1872" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOyKLamSqNFNrGOZ7bgyoSZCJ2B6_oLCGJc5gBgwb504a6URnhfbUhhyhTaMqNgz0V1X7Ru0bzEmiotVlYHmKxFW7POftRFVNZ1C2d-wCEv6NobzTM9Im5CRkkSkicUOt6uHHZwLUwvFpOkE7Md6jvS8ccx0taUjQJ4Y8UMO_KP7chzx5dc1gOelBaZrV5/s320/20231124_125630.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>...but we didn't take it home, because it was already claimed.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYon7MCRXzuLh1iXt-lxtZtIoze_WtNgmAgjdcRJrUgL3Ki9CmGyI2yIiYGl1MYlKiHKtN5xnVBFYCFlQTeuuqoBPKpngXcYkhrAhI-vY4jnJVmobUCS8Dc24t5R02gU667nBup0lkmRqM194LIyqpgDJ9vM0ktJB8DzlQkqa1uEWvOaHBz-dDMV6MdgHk/s2328/20231124_125638.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2328" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYon7MCRXzuLh1iXt-lxtZtIoze_WtNgmAgjdcRJrUgL3Ki9CmGyI2yIiYGl1MYlKiHKtN5xnVBFYCFlQTeuuqoBPKpngXcYkhrAhI-vY4jnJVmobUCS8Dc24t5R02gU667nBup0lkmRqM194LIyqpgDJ9vM0ktJB8DzlQkqa1uEWvOaHBz-dDMV6MdgHk/s320/20231124_125638.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-1784943386214049312023-10-23T13:48:00.003-04:002023-12-03T18:29:04.691-05:00Local Legend update<p>10/29/2023 CORRECTION: Silly me, the post below isn't about "Glendale uphill - dead end to Clark," it's about "Glendale dead-end uphill." So many Local Legend laurels to be claimed, all in basically the same place! This either means there's a lot of glory to go around (hooray everyone!), or glory is diluted. But I guess it also means I'm free to pummel the "Glendale dead-end uphill" record into the ground, starting today... </p><p>---------</p><p><a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2023/10/hand-over-that-local-legend-dammit.html">Well that was short-lived</a>. I'm back to Othered status, i.e. being the female Local Legend on Strava, but not the actual definition-of-local-legend Local Legend. That Non-Othered-Human-a.k.a.-Male status has been taken over with a vengeance by Matt B, who has recorded a whopping 35 efforts in the past 90 days, compared to my now-16.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYF2Yc2AMaBXcFrCNKnNJwnyKnuoBjpOsW0n4pg92ypQWIvA4sYnboHEn4Nn0AxuAuQLRyj18LNsOnCzuc-HgQ3tCs2pk8qirRUYqYJmUOLAJ3_pXnau0zcZJmu-e0G6M6ky77LEegNSF81BP4YZbu0SOCWwGue5Y74OWrjTNXhZ0LYEvqPm5rgwrGzfJ0/s1681/Screenshot%20(84).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1681" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYF2Yc2AMaBXcFrCNKnNJwnyKnuoBjpOsW0n4pg92ypQWIvA4sYnboHEn4Nn0AxuAuQLRyj18LNsOnCzuc-HgQ3tCs2pk8qirRUYqYJmUOLAJ3_pXnau0zcZJmu-e0G6M6ky77LEegNSF81BP4YZbu0SOCWwGue5Y74OWrjTNXhZ0LYEvqPm5rgwrGzfJ0/s320/Screenshot%20(84).png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Since Matt B wasn't the person from whom I stole Non-Othered-Human-a.k.a.-Male Local Legend status last week, he must have done something similar to what I did--i.e., either walking/running back and forth or in repetitive circles. He's added 22 "attempts" since last week, for an average of almost 3 attempts per day.<p></p><div>I like to imagine that Matt B is knows John S. I don't wish ill on either of them, but maybe John S has the flu or something, and Matt said, "hey buddy, I know you can't win this back right now--curses, flu!--and I know how much being the Local Legend on 'Glendale uphill - dead end to Clark' meant to you, so let me run it for you. I'll run it and run it, again and again, so that Liz P can't take it back." And John S gave his blessing to the plan, and Matt B donned his sneakers for his friend, and went out into the sunshine or the pouring rain, and made sure to go north-to-south repeatedly on that segment, because Strava doesn't count south-to-north, until he passed by then-12 efforts, and he kept going, each day, for a whole week, until he had 35 efforts and figured the record was safe for a while, because that's what friends do for friends.</div><div><br /></div><div>I admire that devotion. Consequently, I will abstain from walking back-and-forth 23 times to re-take the digital golden laurel crown, because that's the kind of generous person I am.</div>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-32915693180586616482023-10-17T22:28:00.012-04:002023-10-17T22:33:43.526-04:00Hand over that Local Legend, dammit<p>A few weeks ago at a dinner party, I got embroiled in a discussion about Strava culture. </p><p>Strava is a social-networking app for athletes. S, who insists he does not use social media, has been using Strava for years, and enjoys its social aspects.</p><p>I started using Strava two years ago, when I was searching for an app that would map my cumulative yearly miles. I ignore its social aspects.</p><p>I don't remember how the discussion began at the dinner party, but at some point, S mentioned that another Strava user had contacted him out of the blue to object that S couldn't possibly have completed a ride at the speed he had recorded.</p><p>It was true: <a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2019/08/pink-platypus-bike-wreck-therapy.html">that was the ride</a> where S's brakes malfunctioned, causing a crash that briefly knocked S out and fractured both of his elbows. When he came to, he had somehow made it across the street onto a Good Samritan's porch. He phoned home to ask for a ride, and E and I drove out to the country road where he was waiting for us, bleeding and dazed. We loaded S and his bike into the car, and for the entire drive to the ER, he kept saying "I don't understand why I crashed; good thing I don't have to go to the ER <i>this</i> time... I don't understand why I crashed; good thing I don't have to go to the ER <i>this</i> time... I don't understand why I crashed; good thing I don't have to go to the ER <i>this</i> time..." Then we waited in the chilly ER for a few hours, while blood trickled down his shins and hands and face, until the adrenaline gave way to pain, and he was finally seen and diagnosed.</p><p>Anyway, at dinner, I commented that I thought it was weird that someone would bother contacting S about his excessive speed (which had been recorded by the Garmin attached to his bike in the trunk of our car on our way to the ER), in effect accusing S of being a cheater. I thought it was weirder still that S had responded by deleting the offending segment of his ride. Why not save it to remember the elbow-cracking ride, and the fun drive to the ER? </p><p>That's when I was taught that people use Strava to measure their own self-worth by comparing their speeds and distances to the speeds and distances of others. </p><p>S explained that people have <i>died</i> trying to win speed records on Strava--that people have ridden through red lights in order to be the fastest going down a particular hill, and instead of winning, they get hit by a car, or they mow down and kill pedestrians, or whatnot. It got so bad, he said, that Strava has made changes to how it defines "segments," to try to reduce the likelihood of virtual competitiveness killing someone. (This might be true, but all I could find by googling the topic were articles explaining changes to Strava's terms of use, which now require users to assume responsibility for their own stupidity, and to not sue the company.) </p><p>S and I each thought that social-networking app-induced deaths reinforced our own POV--his, that accurate records are necessary for competition; mine, that the only person you should be racing against is yourself. </p><p>My walking records are for my use only. If my Garmin watch can't find a satellite from inside, say, a slot canyon in Utah, and it adds some scraggly half miles trying to figure out where I am, that's my problem, not another slot canyonist's; I'm not going to delete the hike. I figure these sorts of bonus distances are compensated for by all the unrecorded miles I walk indoors. No one else on Strava would know that, but I don't need them to; I'm recording miles for myself, and if I can't trust myself, why should anyone else? </p><p>To emphasize my point, I mentioned the randomness of Strava's Local Legend status. Local Legends are people who complete the same segment the most times withing a 90-day period. Strava notifies me when I become a Local Legend, and again when--oh no!--someone takes the status away from me. These are often uninspiring segments--a random three block distance on an unremarkable street that some Strava user decided needed to be turned into a named segment. </p><p>When S and I visited Horseshoe Bend in Arizona in March 2022, I briefly held the Local Legend title for "most attempts completed" on the "To the Bend" segment. <a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2022/03/utah-photo-dump-4-missed-opportunities.html">As I blogged then</a>, "The number of 'efforts' was a whopping two, because we had 45 minutes between our arrival at the overlook and sunset, and decided to kill time by walking back to the parking lot to use the pit toilets, then walking back to the overlook again. The record was seized by another walker the very next day, who 'set the new bar,' also with '2 efforts,' so either she walked faster or peed faster."</p><p>My point was that Strava invents unnecessary, meaningless competition.</p><p>I present all of this backstory to explain why I was surprised to suddenly find myself caring about competition on Strava.</p><p>This past Friday, Strava emailed to tell me I was a Local Legend, for the segment "Glendale uphill - dead end to Clark." </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcQk-ewQJONHztt__K1UNjdQ8rGeXctO7hjkoEhFyJvTN-eQoHYhqvsu2KLIq8_zCsyrpHh3FVUsI1kx4wnjDfrwSyTrlbeO7j9AxbIBnUHw_dnkNVIPSKhSWiNcV8mwyQ-iDuN8YVfMME-OLeJWNALRdYZyH_eA37odqM5cUvIzIs2HsNCVV_EtUMaFu/s3475/Screenshot_20231015_141637_Outlook.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3475" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcQk-ewQJONHztt__K1UNjdQ8rGeXctO7hjkoEhFyJvTN-eQoHYhqvsu2KLIq8_zCsyrpHh3FVUsI1kx4wnjDfrwSyTrlbeO7j9AxbIBnUHw_dnkNVIPSKhSWiNcV8mwyQ-iDuN8YVfMME-OLeJWNALRdYZyH_eA37odqM5cUvIzIs2HsNCVV_EtUMaFu/s320/Screenshot_20231015_141637_Outlook.jpg" width="99" /></a></div><p>Except that I wasn't the Local Legend. That honor went to someone who had walked the route nine times, while I had walked it only four.</p><p>Turns out Strava has two categories for Local Legends: (1) <strike>people Freud would call normal</strike> "all <strike>presumed male</strike> athletes" and (2) <strike>The Other</strike> "women." I thought maybe I was seeing these two categories because Strava knows I'm female, but it shows up this way on S's app too, and Strava knows he's male.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirG8z8Ilt5-pjkDMNG4vsPRFcAgEAMGtqonj9GI1-Y8Vp5GGpWip5Xznn74-1uw47rapY9sxtBQQsbb-IwnJHetIZjqOZYvVvDKHG74ZvSZmPu4Q-VJsSOO-Y9WsHS94k4dWuPQYBffNsamlCBm7f1z_1gXl031S-i-h4McKi1O8RdHPEocImoF9oTKtSm/s3395/Screenshot_20231015_141713_Strava.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3395" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirG8z8Ilt5-pjkDMNG4vsPRFcAgEAMGtqonj9GI1-Y8Vp5GGpWip5Xznn74-1uw47rapY9sxtBQQsbb-IwnJHetIZjqOZYvVvDKHG74ZvSZmPu4Q-VJsSOO-Y9WsHS94k4dWuPQYBffNsamlCBm7f1z_1gXl031S-i-h4McKi1O8RdHPEocImoF9oTKtSm/s320/Screenshot_20231015_141713_Strava.jpg" width="102" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All athletes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-P8yI_5iPe3tONNqEWOGgDJB2C5uxXu6RfwuFM_akKUjQjoaRnEZ-myK47OSj3LPAjfFjham5elSfjbFq1dLXnBpgD8ftTIm1zF-8ZvOGw3sahIjrp2F20ucU06N5JRxdzSF7K_V3dRvjE41a6whRLsNHr7tdL83iLEuAjG8bJ23VZ3im-hmNN20dfyTJ/s3394/Screenshot_20231015_141728_Strava.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3394" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-P8yI_5iPe3tONNqEWOGgDJB2C5uxXu6RfwuFM_akKUjQjoaRnEZ-myK47OSj3LPAjfFjham5elSfjbFq1dLXnBpgD8ftTIm1zF-8ZvOGw3sahIjrp2F20ucU06N5JRxdzSF7K_V3dRvjE41a6whRLsNHr7tdL83iLEuAjG8bJ23VZ3im-hmNN20dfyTJ/s320/Screenshot_20231015_141728_Strava.jpg" width="102" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Women</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>This struck me as even more obnoxious than the existence of Local Legends. Why should women need their own category for number of attempts for a random 3-block stretch of unremarkable road? </p><p>Moreover, we have neighbors who live on that stretch (the neighbors who hosted the dinner party!). They walk their dog every day, and surely have walked this segment more than nine times in the past 90 days. But they aren't Local Legends because they don't give a sh*t about Strava. The point, again, is that Local Legendhood is meaningless.</p><p>Nonetheless, being categorized as Other, a.k.a. female, ticked me off enough that on Sunday, when I needed to top off my walking miles for the week, I decided to walk back and forth along "Glendale uphill" for a cumulative total of six miles. Mostly what I thought, as I pummeled the now former Local Legend John S's record into the ground, was "this was fun at first, but now it's pretty boring."</p><p>When I got home, Strava congratulated me on becoming the Local Legend of not only "Glendale uphill - dead end to Clark," but also "Glendale: Markham to Knox."* Bonus! I guess this currently makes me a fourfold Local Legend, since being first in the category of non-Othered human also makes me first in the "women" category--which just goes to show how stupid all of this is.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtVfJsA85i9zDRZPqP82NXiLQc0ykRxowX-vSsp57CZab-m78sKpvXE5qupaHz-jwGtAlqUWBSE3c4ywThPYWQDj6OWvj3lpAF4fQI3tSDgNjIZEzy2zJuQnSDUME7KhZW30xzqv3x8WNBBZIViVgrmbxihLt0jhC_UJ8IsAY761CGsXDLd4s8AUH44nP/s3394/Screenshot_20231016_133001_Strava.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3394" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtVfJsA85i9zDRZPqP82NXiLQc0ykRxowX-vSsp57CZab-m78sKpvXE5qupaHz-jwGtAlqUWBSE3c4ywThPYWQDj6OWvj3lpAF4fQI3tSDgNjIZEzy2zJuQnSDUME7KhZW30xzqv3x8WNBBZIViVgrmbxihLt0jhC_UJ8IsAY761CGsXDLd4s8AUH44nP/s320/Screenshot_20231016_133001_Strava.jpg" width="102" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48C9Se11e35eIlIDhV5Pyv9BTQg2OTg_fWtNySe3LTk_pItWBLRPY8HhzIbEWyZNtAKBc0h_KePbaD719OyHVOW1_qTEBBqm2YwJJGnu3ECGWegXKwDUh2RwNurd412tiiRFt7rTb0HnZx19l2f8elpS4aJX2S8bs47MqvdaaCs0T4FfvJ7mhLom1sN-2/s3394/Screenshot_20231016_133200_Strava.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3394" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48C9Se11e35eIlIDhV5Pyv9BTQg2OTg_fWtNySe3LTk_pItWBLRPY8HhzIbEWyZNtAKBc0h_KePbaD719OyHVOW1_qTEBBqm2YwJJGnu3ECGWegXKwDUh2RwNurd412tiiRFt7rTb0HnZx19l2f8elpS4aJX2S8bs47MqvdaaCs0T4FfvJ7mhLom1sN-2/s320/Screenshot_20231016_133200_Strava.jpg" width="102" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Despite all of this, Strava is still pretty good at mapping my yearly miles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*Another strike against Strava: lack of consistency in segment-name punctuation. You'd think they'd have standards, but you'd think wrong.</div>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-5635455418323949302023-10-08T15:51:00.010-04:002023-10-08T16:05:38.711-04:00National Week With[out] Driving, the end<p>On <b>Saturday</b>, I walked from my hotel to my workshop on campus. We wrapped up early enough that I could dash over to the <a href="https://everson.org/">Everson Museum of Art</a> for a quick look at their current ceramics exhibits.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XaPL1U0okk7M6o4pJAyJIjc8oggzVWxOJ81hxXhdrLA0R_3CGqhQCWbdsCHSGs7dQcyjanrXYQyHFc8-IL0QoiJRlaU_gDERozOBHg2fyyWeB-DANi0MmuhOSHjSyu42ajgvWGxIz3lCHHfO4xLutVVqyLwesNPyiMvTWyl9sBTp9ieBOINsXIo0INLK/s4000/20231007_154943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XaPL1U0okk7M6o4pJAyJIjc8oggzVWxOJ81hxXhdrLA0R_3CGqhQCWbdsCHSGs7dQcyjanrXYQyHFc8-IL0QoiJRlaU_gDERozOBHg2fyyWeB-DANi0MmuhOSHjSyu42ajgvWGxIz3lCHHfO4xLutVVqyLwesNPyiMvTWyl9sBTp9ieBOINsXIo0INLK/s320/20231007_154943.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYucFFMSXc7s9hnfUH2OzTPEKL7PckKoeER5ESp-pWF4C_Zyy-iL0BcT_fY8760NvyaIQqmeGV5hUR3a1bLxBcmOWWMs0fhHo5xPGEe9qiiPwFrcaBElFOF5dMXnd5SnB-5ZPwsy2BatPvsAOV7Ka3J168lhPgEqRzeW-JrNxzZeE2E2ZtoMIKnq1w26V/s4000/20231007_160412.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYucFFMSXc7s9hnfUH2OzTPEKL7PckKoeER5ESp-pWF4C_Zyy-iL0BcT_fY8760NvyaIQqmeGV5hUR3a1bLxBcmOWWMs0fhHo5xPGEe9qiiPwFrcaBElFOF5dMXnd5SnB-5ZPwsy2BatPvsAOV7Ka3J168lhPgEqRzeW-JrNxzZeE2E2ZtoMIKnq1w26V/s320/20231007_160412.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Self Sufficient</i>, by Lois Hennessey, 2002</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv74_z3aOeu0aYa6RF8guo8t9Ron__qnnySZYpaiGsMICjxE_xKSF91z0zuyr-a8ATr5DZKhjoxS7kLpdTtGCQm0UXn3db9ZArErPlshO4w66ygoP9eG0nm5RX7fbZtrkANDlMSiDWNE13k23MbCZTEDFUbUckWnpFttl3jo5t7Tg0SvYQTg_Q0irj8P9w/s4000/20231007_160519.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv74_z3aOeu0aYa6RF8guo8t9Ron__qnnySZYpaiGsMICjxE_xKSF91z0zuyr-a8ATr5DZKhjoxS7kLpdTtGCQm0UXn3db9ZArErPlshO4w66ygoP9eG0nm5RX7fbZtrkANDlMSiDWNE13k23MbCZTEDFUbUckWnpFttl3jo5t7Tg0SvYQTg_Q0irj8P9w/s320/20231007_160519.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clockwise from bottom: Peter Voulkos, Voulkos, Antonio Prieto, Harrison McIntosh</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9wCi8KZnLXDJPImOPJqBgmUT9o-9DNDM_5Uzf5zRro5Uo8IczqCTuYDm3byWsDdm2lXJvJFWOpvkV-8dE6u3BI1cI2gt0eVw_qQY-de-1fIml1_mEp1zI4wRFv9gV9nYK_QisSb4sqcF20mMPjYGfT6OzeRZQ0pJ-yu0WO_4HI1wPMCBA2u9ZRNxzldd/s4000/20231007_160527.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9wCi8KZnLXDJPImOPJqBgmUT9o-9DNDM_5Uzf5zRro5Uo8IczqCTuYDm3byWsDdm2lXJvJFWOpvkV-8dE6u3BI1cI2gt0eVw_qQY-de-1fIml1_mEp1zI4wRFv9gV9nYK_QisSb4sqcF20mMPjYGfT6OzeRZQ0pJ-yu0WO_4HI1wPMCBA2u9ZRNxzldd/s320/20231007_160527.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jug</i>, Peter Voulkos, 1950</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxnasK_kynwor2EDaoV2HGZ863p33tjzT2XX7gMRZx8dup9Xtcbf1gHEVZRY0A-9ws4vKZrtTrLkBBgCvCP8oBzb6TyZh-wECE-q3ewuGwY9uE6OTgDnNh64tBwi6PcDIq3Y39Rbqib64xEmiRnUzimTFMyujGkmHpVXbCz2k2xqBzO4SMg0cgXS7C3sl/s4000/20231007_160626.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxnasK_kynwor2EDaoV2HGZ863p33tjzT2XX7gMRZx8dup9Xtcbf1gHEVZRY0A-9ws4vKZrtTrLkBBgCvCP8oBzb6TyZh-wECE-q3ewuGwY9uE6OTgDnNh64tBwi6PcDIq3Y39Rbqib64xEmiRnUzimTFMyujGkmHpVXbCz2k2xqBzO4SMg0cgXS7C3sl/s320/20231007_160626.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fish Monster</i>, Sascha Brastoff, ca. 1948</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEniiWvqXNK6c8RfVitRThIBX7UymLDaBqQN7WEB-5FRdUCbOBmMKf_G25h9hlqguke-gqXqSNgnxsLZo5eN_apaapKFmoKzE1x0oiQ5Qp401ZRpmu4CAO3IzL0V0qpERlmYx784Q31_mDPTWzvHCMmxk3YycZgZZZ2yX_Axua1VQbp2HnJD5tcttyXuq/s4000/20231007_160634.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEniiWvqXNK6c8RfVitRThIBX7UymLDaBqQN7WEB-5FRdUCbOBmMKf_G25h9hlqguke-gqXqSNgnxsLZo5eN_apaapKFmoKzE1x0oiQ5Qp401ZRpmu4CAO3IzL0V0qpERlmYx784Q31_mDPTWzvHCMmxk3YycZgZZZ2yX_Axua1VQbp2HnJD5tcttyXuq/s320/20231007_160634.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sex Monster</i>, Sascha Brastoff, ca. 1948</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxguVNPDrt1YODxm1IEt8EKH4ZdpzW2FeChtSCSIcPpSos0Kf8CWqFjeOmWHiLqifvxIbVcFaFuyZJDBzb4sf6lyd9vOH_Y_IGsjhJTRg8grWxnOiNHun4y551r_5ygBd2aYaqjb57G8BecJaywPdDcdetu2AkVhyLDSkpdHKewMz4PD5bPqgh-_2qyI5/s4000/20231007_161138.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxguVNPDrt1YODxm1IEt8EKH4ZdpzW2FeChtSCSIcPpSos0Kf8CWqFjeOmWHiLqifvxIbVcFaFuyZJDBzb4sf6lyd9vOH_Y_IGsjhJTRg8grWxnOiNHun4y551r_5ygBd2aYaqjb57G8BecJaywPdDcdetu2AkVhyLDSkpdHKewMz4PD5bPqgh-_2qyI5/s320/20231007_161138.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Assorted pots from the <a href="https://www.rosenfieldcollection.com/">Rosenfeld Collection</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijJ2ltpS9L9rNfEYJ_IPDzlx72Ej-NgLBY982cOP96w4KmjqdMpiAgbvSNNW0gf2YTQQ0Ymf18wnna3ihACeZpYTMzXhQKabGyH8zRFd9sayItm1XC0hpSnJgWBhBs-vHYT8URxdndVz_vtjoxo6bavc9lRbmC8M0g0Emn-XV7mxltqTwBKBUJjMxalI3/s4000/20231007_161150.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijJ2ltpS9L9rNfEYJ_IPDzlx72Ej-NgLBY982cOP96w4KmjqdMpiAgbvSNNW0gf2YTQQ0Ymf18wnna3ihACeZpYTMzXhQKabGyH8zRFd9sayItm1XC0hpSnJgWBhBs-vHYT8URxdndVz_vtjoxo6bavc9lRbmC8M0g0Emn-XV7mxltqTwBKBUJjMxalI3/s320/20231007_161150.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I left earlier than I would have liked, due to intense set-up activity for a wedding... </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Afterward, I walked over to my favorite vegan restaurant anywhere, <a href="https://stronghearts315.com/">Strong Hearts</a>, for a quick dinner, then filled another 45 minutes with more walking, until I had to catch an Uber to the airport.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqASSzCBwZZUhcVlMdloTPTyFk7ea2xWciX1K7Dp8PMrUahNagZji0tspl3IgPiprPbsUBPJ3Xjo1SrBRHUSZLNAOmfFKsiMk2Kcj6g8ntZVKX9CfYYLIcZggtabTBjGQaR0hAIBnWaiyPVxHm23eF9ZtVF3jva0GrzRTEERJPEUIrlJhQHf21HiOAkJf/s4000/20231007_163101.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqASSzCBwZZUhcVlMdloTPTyFk7ea2xWciX1K7Dp8PMrUahNagZji0tspl3IgPiprPbsUBPJ3Xjo1SrBRHUSZLNAOmfFKsiMk2Kcj6g8ntZVKX9CfYYLIcZggtabTBjGQaR0hAIBnWaiyPVxHm23eF9ZtVF3jva0GrzRTEERJPEUIrlJhQHf21HiOAkJf/s320/20231007_163101.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Public art <i>en route</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnr00mxSGSaegcK5Kp-0J_b-_3YMpW8-wSCs8e0gyt20vdUavrvQfNqAU-vd5WyaXmoDYuJDksa7XO6qAYR-XjXkoaOz1HLuiSrBL-ASLPrecu9xso0WUiLRdXwJWTGnSCZZTSwlNucbtU9GYZUyq6aW8s1uk5lLv9jyeyx7Tg6mq3UUe-nV8yxXRe8KgA/s4000/20231007_164701.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnr00mxSGSaegcK5Kp-0J_b-_3YMpW8-wSCs8e0gyt20vdUavrvQfNqAU-vd5WyaXmoDYuJDksa7XO6qAYR-XjXkoaOz1HLuiSrBL-ASLPrecu9xso0WUiLRdXwJWTGnSCZZTSwlNucbtU9GYZUyq6aW8s1uk5lLv9jyeyx7Tg6mq3UUe-nV8yxXRe8KgA/s320/20231007_164701.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strong Hearts--so tasty!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsWjxX4YXsSt8yjy2zLl5trDEE0Cfzv9U0uHMzxlP-gKUrNh4ck3yZDGLX4LNbR6mmYV7C6k0cqixbZ5gNUvyAHeZOIBQ5zzSbWUJobk2HGZHBBViG8x_Y-0vjH9DWcmjGKOyy3NwTEfmA9nnnr4OC_nR54oam-ozpl5Yu8rSKfUyGHsMqw6SF3zKKrg8/s4000/20231007_173814.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsWjxX4YXsSt8yjy2zLl5trDEE0Cfzv9U0uHMzxlP-gKUrNh4ck3yZDGLX4LNbR6mmYV7C6k0cqixbZ5gNUvyAHeZOIBQ5zzSbWUJobk2HGZHBBViG8x_Y-0vjH9DWcmjGKOyy3NwTEfmA9nnnr4OC_nR54oam-ozpl5Yu8rSKfUyGHsMqw6SF3zKKrg8/s320/20231007_173814.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">S lived on this street for one semester, before we both got jobs at Nearly Ivy U </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OvogjbQvX4rjFVAnvKAUycl0skQIVxcuBGRKRs9HftbWT3hcas5_E4fyleKl05y71Bmj52hLnuc-hOR26iuaLBVsBx0dL39mmg0ndOv0HUAjwjhxd6vUSVucepBwuEr9SXMocTSekkS8Jc-zwp7gdZJeh9VUpq8hkzJMbcrzukvBhxQOenJJVNmSoTo8/s4000/20231007_174214.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OvogjbQvX4rjFVAnvKAUycl0skQIVxcuBGRKRs9HftbWT3hcas5_E4fyleKl05y71Bmj52hLnuc-hOR26iuaLBVsBx0dL39mmg0ndOv0HUAjwjhxd6vUSVucepBwuEr9SXMocTSekkS8Jc-zwp7gdZJeh9VUpq8hkzJMbcrzukvBhxQOenJJVNmSoTo8/s320/20231007_174214.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a drizzly weekend, but I enjoyed being immersed in autumn</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr97Jv_ECQMDMeMXq9pGEE8uERO5i1Ekjntp2Pxq-jmj3EFN7P1dXJCtiumptwT219kKH-9gDFqdizVY8m7_1-Udyflt10PNggaY_SwgEFwbV7ahpENIYloDLDYaefpwhE68cJin8kJ-jGKwWlKUGl885SVhwgawQYzfSm0cMkflebzmXW8teeSkVUUhr2/s4000/20231007_174931.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr97Jv_ECQMDMeMXq9pGEE8uERO5i1Ekjntp2Pxq-jmj3EFN7P1dXJCtiumptwT219kKH-9gDFqdizVY8m7_1-Udyflt10PNggaY_SwgEFwbV7ahpENIYloDLDYaefpwhE68cJin8kJ-jGKwWlKUGl885SVhwgawQYzfSm0cMkflebzmXW8teeSkVUUhr2/s320/20231007_174931.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you see the three deer? There's a tail pointing out toward the end of the sidewalk... </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMd5-77qx7CkkWoAV5NqQxrPD21gpTWNOghKjoKhACJrYMMWWaOn5R7Ef5sdG5Er8AS0Byc07whcUFi7T_QSzs-NcjhTno_gzEwyx4KjNFXTezESPzeKyU50RrtObC12x5ToDevYHXSELXs-4rhRhszInu1ZNGdRhmVEdD9_2WmHzes4ps4r6YkHVEg0hQ/s4000/20231007_175359.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMd5-77qx7CkkWoAV5NqQxrPD21gpTWNOghKjoKhACJrYMMWWaOn5R7Ef5sdG5Er8AS0Byc07whcUFi7T_QSzs-NcjhTno_gzEwyx4KjNFXTezESPzeKyU50RrtObC12x5ToDevYHXSELXs-4rhRhszInu1ZNGdRhmVEdD9_2WmHzes4ps4r6YkHVEg0hQ/s320/20231007_175359.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brilliant autumn. Love it!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I arrived at the airport a little after 6pm. The clouds and setting sun were putting on quite a show. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW01N0C_O0GTICa02R0er8kTg4A5DiieO1-_XK0D-6wncwhTI6sYe5p1_hdNR971DUAl67yLwLb5YM9uS6rsYhISA81K3C0Yod-8-TqOSNOQaa75j9u1ieP8TtPNofxQ3X1I-8EctoQ0bis9yk8oXuR_aIIJYKsXsdYCnb5TzAE6RfIn1j8Y1wRY35rSD7/s4000/20231007_181037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW01N0C_O0GTICa02R0er8kTg4A5DiieO1-_XK0D-6wncwhTI6sYe5p1_hdNR971DUAl67yLwLb5YM9uS6rsYhISA81K3C0Yod-8-TqOSNOQaa75j9u1ieP8TtPNofxQ3X1I-8EctoQ0bis9yk8oXuR_aIIJYKsXsdYCnb5TzAE6RfIn1j8Y1wRY35rSD7/s320/20231007_181037.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2z-x-0BzGFn4O55q8Rwc2arqBQOfBRo3QlKV9a4j5xfT4ank7EK_zVwvrZ9EmOD9Pq-PpNnAy63BUFRWzmcQLzaSg5qhsLMPpfPPa0U7cu6ghxO-Buoh8yEaTPWFITMs8g38qfLRbJ-s6se5b1HFIFOyCGrKOsORYdDMm_F0FlxhzRtyHsNaKGq5O3MN5/s3975/20231007_182215.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2981" data-original-width="3975" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2z-x-0BzGFn4O55q8Rwc2arqBQOfBRo3QlKV9a4j5xfT4ank7EK_zVwvrZ9EmOD9Pq-PpNnAy63BUFRWzmcQLzaSg5qhsLMPpfPPa0U7cu6ghxO-Buoh8yEaTPWFITMs8g38qfLRbJ-s6se5b1HFIFOyCGrKOsORYdDMm_F0FlxhzRtyHsNaKGq5O3MN5/s320/20231007_182215.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I changed planes at IAD. I wanted to walk from incoming concourse A to outgoing concourse D, but the only way to get between them is by shuttle. Oh well. </div><div><br /></div><div>Upon landing at RDU at 11:30pm, I walked to the parking deck, got into my car, and drove home.</div><p>Total cost for two days of airport parking: $40. Had I traveled to/from RDU via Uber, the cost would have been ~$90 including tips.</p><p>Total cost of Ubers from/to the airport in Syracuse: $60 including tips. Syracusans who park at their airport for two days would pay $26-$36.</p><p>--------</p><p>This morning, <b>Sunday</b>, I passed on an invitation to go hiking at Hanging Rock State Park. I've spent more time in cars during this national Week Without Driving than I do most weeks of the year.</p><p>As I wrap up this post, an email has just landed in my inbox from <i>Consumer Reports</i> with the subject header "Your next car is waiting." Oh dear, I don't think so. </p><p>I'm heading out the door now for a long walk.</p></div>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-3889175362494090012023-10-08T14:12:00.024-04:002023-12-03T18:57:52.760-05:00National Week With[out] Driving, take 3<p>On the <b>Friday</b> of the National Week Without Driving challenge, I flew to Syracuse, NY, because I was presenting a writing workshop on Saturday. </p><p>How does one get from my home to the airport at 5am on a Friday?</p><p>Mass transit is not an option. We have no light rail to the airport. We have bus service, but the earliest weekday bus leaves the downtown Durham station at 5:42am, and takes a little over an hour to get to Terminal 2. My flight left at 6:45.</p><p>My choices: 1) take an Uber, $40+ one way excluding tip; 2) ask a friend to get up at 4:something a.m. to give me a ride; or 3) drive myself there in 20 minutes, park in the convenient garage right across from the terminal, and have my car waiting for me when I landed back at RDU at 11:30pm Saturday night so I could drive myself home.</p><p>I drove.</p><p>Once I landed in Syracuse, I had almost 6 hours before I needed to meet up with my workshop hosts. Since I was significantly behind on walking miles for the week, I plugged my cellphone charger into an outlet at the airport and looked up potential walking routes from the airport to my hotel near the university.</p><p>The two options I found were 9 and 11 miles. </p><p>Since I was traveling with only a light backpack, walking was a real option--except that I didn't know the area. I googled crime statistics, and the areas I would need to walk through had lower reported crime rates than the neighborhoods around the university. </p><p>The 9-mile option offered a designated bike trail--the <a href="https://cnyhiking.com/BearTrapCreekTrail.htm">Bear Trap Creek Trail</a>--that offered a safe route for 3.8 miles paralleling the freeway, and would end near neighborhood roads that looked easily walkable on the map--except that getting from the airport to the start of the trail involved a big freeway interchange that looked potentially challenging. The 11-mile route required cutting around the back of the airport on a cargo road through an industrial area that looked like it would probably be an ugly slog.</p><p>I took an Uber (~$30 including tip, expense covered by workshop hosts).</p><p>I asked the driver his opinion about whether walking the whole way was actually feasible. He was confident it was, and changed his route to the hotel so that he could point out a potential road to walk on. "Look at how wide the shoulder is," he said; "it's like that the whole way!" Having walked on a lot of shoulders in Durham, it looked doable, if largely commercial. Maybe next time.</p><p>When I checked in at my hotel, I asked whether there was a safe walking route to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onondaga_Lake">Lake Onondaga</a>. When my partner, S, briefly taught at SUNY ESF 23 years ago, Lake Onondaga was contaminated with toxic chemicals; swimming had been banned in 1940, fishing followed in 1970, and in 1994, the EPA added the lake to the list of national priority Superfund sites. Now the lake is cleaner than it's been in over 100 years, and that seemed like a good reason to make it a destination for a walk.</p><p>I asked the hotel receptionist, "can I walk there safely, or am I likely to get run over by a car or shot?"</p><p>She thought I'd probably get run over. The adjacent receptionist interrupted another customer's check-in to agree. They insisted over and over--with the other customer patiently waiting--that traffic was awful, there was no safe route, and I'd surely get hit by a car. Adjacent receptionist advised me to take a nice 1.5-mile walk around a nearby park instead.</p><p>They didn't know--and I didn't know, until I walked to the lake despite their warnings--that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onondaga_Creekwalk">Onondaga Creekwalk</a> could safely get me most of the way there, starting just a few blocks from the hotel. The Creekwalk is part of the <a href="https://empiretrail.ny.gov/map">Empire State Trail</a>--New York's equivalent to NC's <a href="https://mountainstoseatrail.org/the-trail/map/">Mountains-to-Sea Trail</a>.</p><p>Walking is my favorite way to get to know an area, and Syracuse offered a lot to see and learn.</p><p>The most challenging spot was crossing the street a few blocks from the hotel. Note that the teeny tiny yield sign (half the size of the right-turn arrow sign) tells drivers to yield to pedestrians--yet there's no zebra-stripe crosswalk. I found a safer place to cross.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzuspe1kYO_0oQ0B_avVs9nzBeYNaZobBB8Rj2jtTSkEQsjCjJDoUO4XPcyalB-x5LBL07QF2MPHzjknVpQ_HIlQQUAaAZnbop39T8YBiLeOx1GGkhZ2T9KcjFBWUm44xxfLswK-BbHZPoIsmEwo8TJGYPz7yefbW35uaw-WC6n9v1x4S7JsCpusamQ4N/s4000/20231006_131048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzuspe1kYO_0oQ0B_avVs9nzBeYNaZobBB8Rj2jtTSkEQsjCjJDoUO4XPcyalB-x5LBL07QF2MPHzjknVpQ_HIlQQUAaAZnbop39T8YBiLeOx1GGkhZ2T9KcjFBWUm44xxfLswK-BbHZPoIsmEwo8TJGYPz7yefbW35uaw-WC6n9v1x4S7JsCpusamQ4N/s320/20231006_131048.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Syracuse has public art. Which of these buildings are buildings, and which are murals?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0J8jo_X-ZqG98MoDfGfqW7KNCodwZod8SwCyvb8qbDRl3Ys3FpzLCIUx7QR8ZLHrqZ38wYnFOQlRNrBxRZiD9Myg6DjKSiKtq9qHOsJR7lVUW5ozTW0FTexTVBS_jUbe0TxzqiIjX1wAIx_MAve8ucVidWWQReYkDqYxWWRFkhUJmyh8On69lbbAgpoq/s4000/20231006_132015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0J8jo_X-ZqG98MoDfGfqW7KNCodwZod8SwCyvb8qbDRl3Ys3FpzLCIUx7QR8ZLHrqZ38wYnFOQlRNrBxRZiD9Myg6DjKSiKtq9qHOsJR7lVUW5ozTW0FTexTVBS_jUbe0TxzqiIjX1wAIx_MAve8ucVidWWQReYkDqYxWWRFkhUJmyh8On69lbbAgpoq/s320/20231006_132015.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Syracuse has monumental architecture...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjqiOI8QfLhp8s0RhYtouTronpUb_LDgO159i9Aj7r2UZlpD_GsW5IWUvVJpUeVLt9TAnbjC-iEHvuj0MCPBTo2x55mb0_YusRaCwm2suLI4BHooA0rMIiL5zpqtWDIpvduAMxMUDdw_jkzpnK2mJOzufTC-GreQYznAtdPepRyk-_lBfPFT4QgwhxyDj/s4000/20231006_132035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjqiOI8QfLhp8s0RhYtouTronpUb_LDgO159i9Aj7r2UZlpD_GsW5IWUvVJpUeVLt9TAnbjC-iEHvuj0MCPBTo2x55mb0_YusRaCwm2suLI4BHooA0rMIiL5zpqtWDIpvduAMxMUDdw_jkzpnK2mJOzufTC-GreQYznAtdPepRyk-_lBfPFT4QgwhxyDj/s320/20231006_132035.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Syracuse has statues. I could tell even from the back side that this was a statue of Christopher Columbus. Note that he's basically standing atop the heads of Native Americans. This 1934 statue in theory celebrates Syracuse's Italian immigrants, but I was surprised that the blatant colonialist imagery had lasted into 2023. Googling later for more information, I was glad to read that the sculpture has generated some controversy, and that <a href="https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2023/07/court-overturns-judges-ruling-that-syracuse-cannot-remove-columbus-statue.html">city government is hoping to remove it</a>. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUiLsMuHYHS-8fasc7PNDx9lyHG0cwf3yuOzX72LcI7EIhMpEE8RKqh7k1cCOnO93ehfude9Hm82KSeBJtb0V7c0iDm7sEpPOiLaVoik9PhE9N0-_yGZSLG-tE25EKEhZ9hQqqqHlkVmU2cbi66jd-38rgURycW2HrecYDsHMFPxFFJlcWMA8RlQ_Cgpy/s4000/20231006_132103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUiLsMuHYHS-8fasc7PNDx9lyHG0cwf3yuOzX72LcI7EIhMpEE8RKqh7k1cCOnO93ehfude9Hm82KSeBJtb0V7c0iDm7sEpPOiLaVoik9PhE9N0-_yGZSLG-tE25EKEhZ9hQqqqHlkVmU2cbi66jd-38rgURycW2HrecYDsHMFPxFFJlcWMA8RlQ_Cgpy/s320/20231006_132103.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More welcoming than the Columbus statue...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPX96pJ-xh5A-Mgt5hZ-RIcxQr4iYtB_mthFI_Ygmp95FGuIW8neBzQdaVPVBrsfQBACecsgBmjpHY7zGlMtyl6vaQC0cwfRsA-e48PTBGzFojpjnlBVOpfCSUV6kyLeiYT2wiy8eQrwEVppvPYEs7uhibaM9ytOsLDyRVM9hmT96Nf_p5d7zD97yiMukk/s4000/20231006_132503.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPX96pJ-xh5A-Mgt5hZ-RIcxQr4iYtB_mthFI_Ygmp95FGuIW8neBzQdaVPVBrsfQBACecsgBmjpHY7zGlMtyl6vaQC0cwfRsA-e48PTBGzFojpjnlBVOpfCSUV6kyLeiYT2wiy8eQrwEVppvPYEs7uhibaM9ytOsLDyRVM9hmT96Nf_p5d7zD97yiMukk/s320/20231006_132503.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Impressively flat flatiron building:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXP-wXqd5h2C8hHKCmbng4GHz6E0FyRXKsdDlQNyDIKMc3a3ZZISg93N21NNy-Vt9QWGA9tT5_Ppxk_siAhGTdp696S9dySt3X8xV0iXQDpk2jEjDK-wHbhpBEpkNNeP24SAQ14ZCNcTJB1u6rcKQUgXL8c_d2sXDZZFqajBnZ-f9RACQ0DIdbHL3olCRy/s320/20231006_133304.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A statue depicting the "<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1171">Jerry Rescue</a>." The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act required citizens in free states to cooperate in returning fugitive slaves to their enslavers. William "Jerry" Henry was a fugitive who had been enslaved in Missouri and had fled to Syracuse in 1849. His enslaver made a claim for his return, and Jerry was arrested in Syracuse on October 1, 1851. An abolitionist mob stormed the jail the same day, extricated him from his captors, and aided his eventual escape to Canada.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVwQvoP7DM6hkGZvE2qmP1GniY-wprcERz0IoIz8_nZet5AAI7fRTZT-wAkHT1oPKU-ZyoKsUD9XZoDv0jOgVD_ckkesmTooc-bgBSvOc8-UomZAZgZX6Y1h7R0aylTxOSSjE_i3p0rmONK-gsUJJZGLEDXLOr-OInkM0mOlecj_YwILuPBf2A_qyAXfP/s4000/20231006_133330.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVwQvoP7DM6hkGZvE2qmP1GniY-wprcERz0IoIz8_nZet5AAI7fRTZT-wAkHT1oPKU-ZyoKsUD9XZoDv0jOgVD_ckkesmTooc-bgBSvOc8-UomZAZgZX6Y1h7R0aylTxOSSjE_i3p0rmONK-gsUJJZGLEDXLOr-OInkM0mOlecj_YwILuPBf2A_qyAXfP/s320/20231006_133330.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The 1932 art deco Niagara Mohawk Power Building: </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The trail along the lake was lined with solar-powered lamps:</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVpX9qXsd-RnMlXz6KSag6ipqWMMnmF1O_kXX6oCxUU8qGKzFVO_zHmjyYhG_Ws_dR5f2xyfHDptAqmVU-H4eIQmzNhxekpKA8qqmN1r8hQt4qlJ-W737lcTq58u9cfA4nC6WGCVYns8IvgEYxgf2Nxkb_dURNqwNrl8lU2JqTeCYvTth5TAptsiHFj2k/s4000/20231006_144626.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVpX9qXsd-RnMlXz6KSag6ipqWMMnmF1O_kXX6oCxUU8qGKzFVO_zHmjyYhG_Ws_dR5f2xyfHDptAqmVU-H4eIQmzNhxekpKA8qqmN1r8hQt4qlJ-W737lcTq58u9cfA4nC6WGCVYns8IvgEYxgf2Nxkb_dURNqwNrl8lU2JqTeCYvTth5TAptsiHFj2k/s320/20231006_144626.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Behind the lamps, the Onondaga County Department of Water Environment Protection was burning gas from sewage treatment...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The exit sign on the freeway aims drivers to the NY State Fairgrounds.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-t9C6U3gTLB5T_9QKXa4FOTS02rIjd-ZP-Ayl-3gkpjPyAEkCSefGaQCpJ3XeHpwGxHcloI9bG2GH5sfG8y9hRjwqjV6f8Vl6X8PsiY4Vn2FCzLDFChIXoRDpj3UIUjNqmUYYkgd4GFPhrJOa7beg7R4k3Xvz4CGc3p6yGWkPv5DiBmjSf9obIVHOzu7Z/s4000/20231006_151526.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-t9C6U3gTLB5T_9QKXa4FOTS02rIjd-ZP-Ayl-3gkpjPyAEkCSefGaQCpJ3XeHpwGxHcloI9bG2GH5sfG8y9hRjwqjV6f8Vl6X8PsiY4Vn2FCzLDFChIXoRDpj3UIUjNqmUYYkgd4GFPhrJOa7beg7R4k3Xvz4CGc3p6yGWkPv5DiBmjSf9obIVHOzu7Z/s320/20231006_151526.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XESCTxDJ8UOOeaaSj2DppdaYdY-wNTUcaZr0hiExQjJopXPY4267SaERn_QAD105kVXYUKL0fTp8xX0P0yhs8BEBcWpE7s-yuajk4eiuZQQmAVmbm6X8XNoXfrqJvcwMJIK8MwhIJu5De1OslRVFV8WU0xzdWjYbLBixLWOLFchyphenhyphenQUdMhh8f95DewyL5/s3935/20231006_153245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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As buildings became increasingly run down, I adjusted my route to aim back into downtown. <span style="text-align: center;">The graffiti at the top of this building says "Love Will Tear Us Apart." It must have been painted upside-down from the roof--an impressive feat.</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmtho8miaC8ht46I2rkavW2CpTgwK_p9MVFl25LQ-k3lAslBmeQ9OJhs-EVzq5vEbuLr4EqJjresby0sF4cfzJgNzasdOyquQYd7yQfdrj15PHmNJXQx4zamxDwJYlaFBimv-fq7CCkahNKo3wfkmXrdIzcueA6N7yr2M9-OSpzfCmDT7NqOouQfPEZxP/s4000/20231006_162515.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmtho8miaC8ht46I2rkavW2CpTgwK_p9MVFl25LQ-k3lAslBmeQ9OJhs-EVzq5vEbuLr4EqJjresby0sF4cfzJgNzasdOyquQYd7yQfdrj15PHmNJXQx4zamxDwJYlaFBimv-fq7CCkahNKo3wfkmXrdIzcueA6N7yr2M9-OSpzfCmDT7NqOouQfPEZxP/s320/20231006_162515.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Back past the Niagara Mohawk Building...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaYyVU4ZmkNSjKMCtaQDrjDVBYA-T9ARR-LmHUdQYA3lw6q9DdcubY-n8p1NR6Rrx6cenxIufzpuTTzKT9PEA-qznP12eD6CxSvBAl61IDEhCDhGq8wVVqgf8SQvhVnGrKDBwLXzp8NuItpmCqIqWJNihJDuAc5YwRnODMsvtyD-KBRvlYLC2wPXWd5zGV/s3346/20231006_163040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3346" data-original-width="2509" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaYyVU4ZmkNSjKMCtaQDrjDVBYA-T9ARR-LmHUdQYA3lw6q9DdcubY-n8p1NR6Rrx6cenxIufzpuTTzKT9PEA-qznP12eD6CxSvBAl61IDEhCDhGq8wVVqgf8SQvhVnGrKDBwLXzp8NuItpmCqIqWJNihJDuAc5YwRnODMsvtyD-KBRvlYLC2wPXWd5zGV/s320/20231006_163040.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And back past another not-quite-flat-iron building...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicu2tkIpJMDwJv59COjFiVuOIHFozXibcRrytmCPLcEsZcMQ1dn7xmsRinseQJkt9_G8UGkizmN5QCbXPSZGLCtKQtR6wSr_v0qknz9k6y-tOnr63knOMUt89_MqvUv-Vw7Exl_gGUcNjIx6Zm2hqE3gaYe_vePey7KpMH1fC4yxx8iuFvKI9PY526zyRn/s4000/20231006_163237.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicu2tkIpJMDwJv59COjFiVuOIHFozXibcRrytmCPLcEsZcMQ1dn7xmsRinseQJkt9_G8UGkizmN5QCbXPSZGLCtKQtR6wSr_v0qknz9k6y-tOnr63knOMUt89_MqvUv-Vw7Exl_gGUcNjIx6Zm2hqE3gaYe_vePey7KpMH1fC4yxx8iuFvKI9PY526zyRn/s320/20231006_163237.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Ta da! 11.3 mostly scenic miles, and I didn't get run over even once.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_m7c6jxbkhchWuUo_gTbHcBYvFfRaxCglhe21Pj0RmSAA1wKthQ2CW2GHbs_ygH8OKFq57MtkOO1xvINpfO3KxJZo2qbsA96bE_JztdaLO5AK1ODrtLmIxqed6NXFTpUanEL0Cu89YscIIZWBy291BR9K9vur_TZ_3xjMzQmEFXigaDxI3ZLYscsTDsm/s1079/Screenshot_20231008_130514_Strava.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1079" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_m7c6jxbkhchWuUo_gTbHcBYvFfRaxCglhe21Pj0RmSAA1wKthQ2CW2GHbs_ygH8OKFq57MtkOO1xvINpfO3KxJZo2qbsA96bE_JztdaLO5AK1ODrtLmIxqed6NXFTpUanEL0Cu89YscIIZWBy291BR9K9vur_TZ_3xjMzQmEFXigaDxI3ZLYscsTDsm/s320/Screenshot_20231008_130514_Strava.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-46395328543919681732023-10-05T16:29:00.011-04:002023-10-05T18:51:49.262-04:00National Week With[out] Driving, take 2<p>It's <b>Thursday</b>, Day 4 of the first National Week Without Driving, and my week isn't going as planned.</p><p>Yesterday afternoon, a friend phoned to say that her broken wrist wasn't staying properly aligned in its plaster cast, so she had been scheduled for surgery today--could I drive her? </p><p>The correct answer in such situations isn't "I'm not supposed to drive this week"--it's "absolutely, at your service, glad I can help."</p><p>The surgery had been scheduled for mid-afternoon today. This was fortunate for me, since I have a teaching commitment at <a href="https://claymakers.org">Claymakers</a> on Thursday mornings. But even if I planned to drive to work in the morning, I wouldn't have enough time after my class to pick up my friend and get her to the surgical center by her check-in time.</p><p>We brainstormed solutions. The surgical center is located ~11 miles from my friend's home, and ~8 miles from Claymakers. </p><p><b>Solution 0:</b> We could take mass transit to the surgical center. (Hahahaha. This one's just here in the spirit of Week Without Driving. We didn’t actually consider it.)</p><p>For me, traveling from Claymakers, assuming I could time it right and buses were running on time, taking mass transit would mean a 35-minute bus ride with 5 minutes of walking on each end--about 45 minutes total. That would make me late for my friend's check-in time.</p><p>For my friend, from her home, with the same assumptions, taking mass transit would mean about 20 minutes of walking combined with two different bus rides, plus some waiting time between buses--about 1.33 hours total. </p><p>Getting home together, after her surgery, with friend possibly feeling some pain and possibly still loopy from anesthesia, would require almost 1.5 hours, including two bus rides, some waiting, and 20 minutes of walking.</p><p>If a bus were running early, we might miss it; if a bus were running late, we'd be late. Mass transit would not be a reliable way to get from point A to point B.</p><p><b>Solution 1:</b> I would drive to work. My friend would drive herself to the surgical center, and I would show up in my own car a little late. </p><p>Assuming the surgical center would even allow her to check in without an accompanying human, this proposal would mean having two cars there, and only one able driver for the drive home.</p><p><b>Solution 2:</b> I would drive to work. She would take an Uber to the surgical center, and I would show up in my own car a little late. </p><p>She phoned the surgical center to ask if I could arrive late. They said they'd give me an extra 30 minutes max.</p><p><b>Solution 3:</b> Friend realized I could walk to Claymakers, she could pick me up at the end of my class, and she could drive us both to the surgical center. I could then drive us both home after the surgery. </p><p>This sounded so optimal, we never got to Solution 4, which presumably would have involved other Uber configurations or other friends.</p><p>So for Day 4 of this avid walker's Week With[out] Driving, my friend and I are trading driving places for a few hours. I hitched a ride with her to her surgery, and after her bones are properly pinned in place, I'll drive her home.</p><p>Once I get home, I'll hopefully have time for a long walk before the sun sets (or after--I'll take what I can get), because I'm now two days-worth of miles down from where I need to be to reach my weekly walking goal.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-SvGScryMbAoIHq_oVScnUSV_B7yZU9tCP5PVtnq8_mbD7tgYFuiOjKCTUPoCPphtQaBARQaXljcBf3Wws7aFNV9xoc8S2hzonOgDk3B_K8MjGeuLa8SF8qBJRclR4wZvcLq05F04P4QtHDNK3ouDz88yYnsh9doH7NQ1-h2w5wPFFybJGHo4iNlm1va/s4000/20231005_140204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-SvGScryMbAoIHq_oVScnUSV_B7yZU9tCP5PVtnq8_mbD7tgYFuiOjKCTUPoCPphtQaBARQaXljcBf3Wws7aFNV9xoc8S2hzonOgDk3B_K8MjGeuLa8SF8qBJRclR4wZvcLq05F04P4QtHDNK3ouDz88yYnsh9doH7NQ1-h2w5wPFFybJGHo4iNlm1va/s320/20231005_140204.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm typing in the waiting room...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RscSeGnX_t1CTsAqhyHRYsVUXVf_-dYcHPreLKS-iMJ4zd6EpNZ4gToPAJEgpYDiB6NHfvyOPfIoW_DhFlKqblATaVSk9Jm6aUwl9imwJ86pdBE7ZpJTj9kzEbVCitYp90iX1gkQ4uvVLeRgQ5EIVfxBb01g0NuyBbo9mnx2kN8iODcbhLx-y_2x2Gwa/s4000/20231005_140212.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RscSeGnX_t1CTsAqhyHRYsVUXVf_-dYcHPreLKS-iMJ4zd6EpNZ4gToPAJEgpYDiB6NHfvyOPfIoW_DhFlKqblATaVSk9Jm6aUwl9imwJ86pdBE7ZpJTj9kzEbVCitYp90iX1gkQ4uvVLeRgQ5EIVfxBb01g0NuyBbo9mnx2kN8iODcbhLx-y_2x2Gwa/s320/20231005_140212.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The soothing view outside the waiting-room window: a parking lot.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Postscript</b><b> </b></p><p>The second photo bugs me. The parking lot is largely empty. All that impervious surface, designed to accommodate more drivers than typically need it (assuming today is a typical day). I can't see a sidewalk beyond it, although there's one across the street. </p><p>Google says the closest bus stop is 0.4 miles away. When I click on Google Maps' proposed route from the surgical center to the bus stop, I'm shown a wee orange warning triangle with an exclamation point inside, and the text "Use caution - may involve errors or sections not suited for walking."</p><p>"Not suited for walking." Of course this area isn't suited for walking. Suburban commercial development is designed for cars, not people. Thankfully, though, some optimists--or realists--put a bus stop on a wide, well-traveled street running through a commercial area not suited for walking. The location isn't ideal if you need surgery a 0.4-mile walk away, but at least the stop acknowledges that people need alternatives to driving.</p>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-27824691099827356042023-10-04T16:07:00.018-04:002023-10-04T17:00:14.574-04:00National Week With[out] Driving<p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">This week, thanks to motivation from <a href="https://bikedurham.org/">Bike Durham</a>, I am participating in the first <a href="https://bikedurham.org/week-without-driving">National Week Without Driving</a></span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">, a movement that encourages participants to reflect on what it's like to navigate the world without the privilege of being able to drive a car.</span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Before I get to how this week is going, <b>here's some background.</b></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I have spent the past two years seriously upping my walking game and intentionally avoiding driving. You can read more about that <a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2023/01/thats-wrap.html">here</a>.</span></p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div>It's a privilege to live in a neighborhood where my needs can generally be met within walking distance--although my definition of "within walking distance" has expanded over the past two years. Now, it generally means less than 10 miles round trip (15 miles on occasion if absolutely necessary and if I have the time). Distances greater than that often mean either skipping the trip or combining a drive with other errands so at least I'm maximizing bang for the carbon-footprint buck.</div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div>Where do I need to go to meet my needs?</span><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I have two paid jobs. I'm a potter/pottery instructor, and I'm a science-writing consultant/instructor. Usually I get to and from those jobs by foot.</span><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">It's a few yards from my front door to my home studio; 2.77 miles (quickest route) to the community studio where I teach; and 3.5 miles (more leisurely route) home. Usually I walk. I drive to the community studio when I need to purchase clay, and I time those trips to coincide with other errands that require driving. I usually teach during the day. If I sub for nighttime classes, I drive. </span><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">It's zero miles to my laptop for Zoom consultations, and 3.5 miles to and from campus on days I work with writers in person. Usually I walk. I typically give two out-of-town writing workshops annually that require traveling by plane. One of those workshops--ha--is later this week.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">It's about 2 miles each way to the food co-op and about 3 miles each way to Costco. I've learned how much I can carry in my 27-liter backpack and shop accordingly.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I usually drive or fly to visit family and for vacations. My son, E, is a student at NC State. When he takes the bus home to visit his doting parents (45-100 minutes one way to the downtown Durham bus station, depending on time of day and day of week, </span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">plus a 25 minute walk home</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">), we'll usually drive him back to school (60 minutes round trip).</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Now on to <b>how this week is going...</b></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Monday</b> was an atypical workday, but an expected part of my seasonal work cycle. I was in Zoom meetings almost continuously from 8:30am until 5:30pm. I had a short break for lunch, and 1.5 hour break in the afternoon, when I worked in my studio. I had no time for walking (bad), and no need to drive (good).</span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">On <b>Tuesday</b>, I worked from home in the morning. In the evening, I was scheduled to give a demo presentation for the Triangle Potters Guild.</span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I live in Durham; the Guild meets 26 miles away in Raleigh. The distance is not walkable. (Obviously, of course, but don't laugh! Figuring out a way to walk all the way to NC State has been on my recreational to-do list for a while. But even if I could split the walk into two days--it's 26 miles by car, but would be farther on foot--I have yet to find a route that anyone in their right mind would consider safe. Urban sprawl is designed for cars, not pedestrians.)</span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">For the Week Without Driving, I needed to aim for alternatives to driving to Raleigh myself. </span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">First option: mass transit. You'd think that with an international airport between Durham and Raleigh, we'd have easy mass transit options. We don't. We have no light rail, and taking the bus point-to-point would require at least two hours in each direction. Add in having to transport a heavy, awkward load of </span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">clay, tools, and pots: taking the bus becomes unfeasible</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">. </span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Second option: Uber. Hiring a ride would have cost me ~$70-$120 or more round trip, depending on the time of day, and would have been worse for the environment than driving myself. My own car was waiting in my driveway, while an Uber driver would have had to drive to my house to pick me up.</span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Third option: ask a friend to take 4.5 hours out of their day to chauffeur me. Wasn't gonna happen.</span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">So I drove.</span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">To make the trip more productive, I combined it with three other objectives: picking up <a href="https://durhampotterytour.com">Durham Pottery Tour</a> postcards at another potter's studio on the south side of Durham; stopping at Umstead State Park to fit in an out-of-town walk; and having dinner with E before the demo presentation. </span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC6hc3OHfXgQg171XJdPIi2vPhy1Ajz79ijwrIkQmg1kfdXJdoLsEvDTcLteDwIletAv4YWCtimizoI1ROjEyPZ-EEpeMXokN53THtVXZOxeYKQxCDqtGaIK7je4JNU3Yw_9LZscMUI3KO2A0WWyiZLgtgLqFWhaBAsOwY2G7D3-QtJJKIDwVzagJA8LxU/s4000/20231003_165645.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC6hc3OHfXgQg171XJdPIi2vPhy1Ajz79ijwrIkQmg1kfdXJdoLsEvDTcLteDwIletAv4YWCtimizoI1ROjEyPZ-EEpeMXokN53THtVXZOxeYKQxCDqtGaIK7je4JNU3Yw_9LZscMUI3KO2A0WWyiZLgtgLqFWhaBAsOwY2G7D3-QtJJKIDwVzagJA8LxU/s320/20231003_165645.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rush hour meant a lot of waiting in long lines of traffic...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />What I gained from driving to Raleigh--other than getting to Raleigh with 35 pounds of stuff--was empathy for folks who have to commute every day, and irritation that this part of the country is not set up for alternatives. As an avid walker, I'm already intimately familiar with the lack of alternatives, since the lack limits my options for destinations, but having to drive yesterday certainly reinforced the point. We need alternatives.</span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">My errand to pick up postcards added 20 minutes to my trip. From there, getting to Umstead State Park--which is directly <i>en route</i> to Raleigh--took an unusually long 30 minutes, thanks to heavy traffic and slow-downs caused by two different crashes. This left me less time to walk than I had intended.</span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMiJtKJNYDId4caDIqbg5JIl-Z8qgDHJY3nKMNigAwkFJ9GSvAN6zqmRjd_FPSGfgtRbpUMkXYQBRXeMuDvoVQRn-Kg_Gq0NT6tIrvMYyeFOcVH3JPYYxswZFIBEGyFQ7jXZk4fI10_-fzum3Gb4K0Ohx6PTGhTfIEoz6i-EE-BI7kmmWBhVbfEbkAJLx/s4000/20231003_161907.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMiJtKJNYDId4caDIqbg5JIl-Z8qgDHJY3nKMNigAwkFJ9GSvAN6zqmRjd_FPSGfgtRbpUMkXYQBRXeMuDvoVQRn-Kg_Gq0NT6tIrvMYyeFOcVH3JPYYxswZFIBEGyFQ7jXZk4fI10_-fzum3Gb4K0Ohx6PTGhTfIEoz6i-EE-BI7kmmWBhVbfEbkAJLx/s320/20231003_161907.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty, but traffic congestion <i>en route</i> left me with no time to linger.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Getting to NC State then took another 20 minutes due to rush-hour congestion, leaving me with less time than originally planned for dinner with E. He ended up driving with me to the Craft Center and then took a campus bus back to his apartment (hooray for NCSU's campus bus network!). </span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Driving home after the Triangle Potters Guild meeting took a mere 30 minutes.</span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Total driving time so far this week: ~2 hours. Via [non-feasible] bus, it would have taken at least 4 hours, and I would have arrived home around midnight instead 10:15pm.</span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I immensely enjoyed meeting members of the Triangle Potters' Guild, discussing my work, and demonstrating one of my wheel-throwing processes. The experience was energizing and engaging and fun, and I'd love to attend more meetings--but that opportunity will only be possible if I drive (or find another potter to commute with from Durham).</span></div></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today, <b>Wednesday</b>, has been another work-at-home day. I took a break to walk downtown for an errand, and I will walk to the Co-op this evening to pick up some groceries.</span></div></div>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-90309577009655846222023-04-14T12:32:00.006-04:002023-10-04T16:40:26.093-04:00Winged Winner Cake<p>In 2009, I invented and tested and finally submitted a recipe to an Ocean Spray cranberry recipe contest. The recipe didn't win, but it should have.</p><p>This winter, I was in a hurry to make a tasty dessert for company, and I decided to make what shall henceforth be called Winged Winner Cake. I was in such a hurry that I didn't bother digging up the old finely-tuned cranberry contest recipe. Instead, I found a simple applesauce chocolate cake recipe online and replaced the oil with butter and reduced the amount of fat, added two eggs and spices and an apple and pecans and chocolate chips and cranberries, and reduced the amount of applesauce only because we didn't have enough on hand--basically, I winged it. Turns out Winged Winner Cake is way easier than my original 2009 recipe, because nothing has to be precisely measured, so I'm putting it here for future reference. </p><p>The recipe for the carefully crafted, very fussy non-winged version follows below the winged version. It tastes fabulous, but what a pain to make. The winged version takes maybe 20 minutes to throw together (if you remembered to pick up a jar of applesauce the last time you were at the food Co-op and don't have to add in time for a shopping trip), vs. I dunno, way longer for the un-winged version.</p><p>----------</p><p><b>Winged Winner Cake</b></p><p>1.5 cups sugar </p><p>1/2 - 3/4 cup melted butter </p><p>2 eggs</p><p>1.5 - 2 cups unsweetened applesauce</p><p>2 tsp vanilla (to taste)</p><p>1 T ground cinnamon (to taste)</p><p>1 tsp ground cloves (to taste) </p><p>1 tsp salt </p><p>2 cups flour </p><p>½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder </p><p>2 tsp baking soda (not sure this actually does anything, since it's a pretty dense cake regardess, but I haven't tried making the cake without it yet)</p><p>2/3 c. ground pecans (this is the amount that comes out when I fill the top of our nut grinder)</p><p>1 apple, whatever variety you like, grated (don't bother peeling)</p><p>1/2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips (or more, or less)</p><p>2 cups whole cranberries (that's what's in a bag, right?) (or more, or less)</p><p>Y'all, you know how to make cake batter. Mix all of the ingredients together, but don't overmix. Yadda yadda. Pour/spoon into a spring form tube pan and bake ~350oF until knife or toothpick emerges without goo (which tends to be ~50 minutes plus hmm, maybe 10 more minutes, plus hmm, maybe another 10 minutes. Just keep a casual eye on it.). Best served with homemade whipped cream, but also tasty without.</p><p>---------</p><p>Non-Winged non-Winner Cake: The <i>Ur-rezept</i></p><p><b>Cranberry Chocolate Apple Cake</b> </p><p>1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened </p><p>3/4 cup white sugar </p><p>3/4 cup brown sugar, packed </p><p>3 eggs </p><p>1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce </p><p>1 tablespoon vanilla </p><p>2 1/4 cups flour </p><p>1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably "natural," not "dutched") </p><p>1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda </p><p>1 tablespoon ground cinnamon </p><p>1/2 teaspoon ground cloves </p><p>1/2 teaspoon salt </p><p>3-5 Granny Smith or other tart apples (aiming for about 1 1/2 cups lightly packed grated apple, see instructions below) </p><p>1 cup semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips </p><p>1 cup broken pecan pieces </p><p>2 cups fresh or frozen whole cranberries </p><p>Preheat oven to 350oF. Grease and flour a Bundt pan.
Cream butter; add sugar and eggs and beat 3-4 minutes or until smooth. Add applesauce and vanilla; beat until smooth.
In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients and spices.
Peel apples. Using a cheese grater or food processor, coarsely grate apples, discarding cores and seeds. You will need 3-5 apples, depending on the size of the apples. The water content of the apples affects the cake; juicier apples will produce a denser, moister cake, while drier apples produce a "cakier" cake. If the apples release a lot of juice while you're mixing other ingredients together, drain off the juice before adding the apples to the cake.
Beat the dry ingredients into the butter mixture until combined. Stir in the grated apples, chocolate chips, pecans, and cranberries. Spoon into Bundt pan. Bake 75-85 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean; it may take a little longer if the cranberries were frozen.
Allow the cake to cool before removing it from the pan; it will tear if it's too warm. The cake is good served slightly warm with whipped cream (lightly sweetened and with a little vanilla added), but it improves with age and is great cold.</p>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-34541499349497563962023-03-15T18:26:00.001-04:002023-03-15T18:32:15.538-04:00Disillusioned avocados<p>I was scrolling through Instagram this afternoon, and this photo made me laugh out loud. Apparently I'm not the only woman who occasionally feels like a dried out oxidizing avocado with a big round pit for a belly. Age and childbirth will do that to you. When I think more about this, though, I realize I'm one tenacious avocado.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeRZz2TNLisgJBB_BhJv4hhTNmuHU8R1cLw5IHqemw9gLBDY6mgIml0CkjI5oRJ_AQA18O32nSJOdPnNcI3gnR248pSKYpUh_J_kbH7lL4Qpq5P9Pdx9QGJCbvLEXpTyywavC8wmaIMQu6bdtqYJqSviXte4fALcREEZ0MUySKGa4RtT6j1fezZ2I4A/s2313/Screenshot_20230315_174517_Instagram.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2313" data-original-width="1079" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeRZz2TNLisgJBB_BhJv4hhTNmuHU8R1cLw5IHqemw9gLBDY6mgIml0CkjI5oRJ_AQA18O32nSJOdPnNcI3gnR248pSKYpUh_J_kbH7lL4Qpq5P9Pdx9QGJCbvLEXpTyywavC8wmaIMQu6bdtqYJqSviXte4fALcREEZ0MUySKGa4RtT6j1fezZ2I4A/s320/Screenshot_20230315_174517_Instagram.jpg" width="149" /></a></div><br /><div><p>After I stopped laughing, I strived for empathy. These poor betrayed millennials. Clearly they haven't read the NYTimes article on <a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2023/01/my-exuberance-quotient-is-up-now-that.html">aging exuberantly</a>. Those of us in the know understand that by upping our exuberance quotients, our lives <a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2023/01/my-exuberance-quotient-is-up-now-that.html">can continue to be worth living</a>. Toss in a little lemon juice and refrigeration, or a willingness to embrace eating a whole avocado in one sitting: such wisdom comes with age.</p><p>It's worth mentioning that the NYTimes article on disillusioned millennials hitting middle age does not mention exuberance even once. That's the real betrayal here.</p><p>By the way, I think aging is pretty great. It beats the alternative, of course; and honestly, <a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2016/02/time.html">life mostly just gets better and better</a>.</p></div>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-51488190966464333522023-03-10T17:12:00.002-05:002023-03-10T17:12:34.088-05:00More exuberance<p><a href="https://claymakers.org">Claymakers</a> had a Valentine's themed fundraiser fest back in February. S and I went with TS. The fabulous <a href="https://www.poetryfox.com/">Poetry Fox</a> was there, and T commissioned a poem for me. It's remarkably on-target. Exuberance isn't always easy, especially on dreary rainy days like today, so it's helpful to have this wisdom from the Fox to reflect on.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXnKefoEMmuM4NtHpkbmId8PbryAmSM9fGNyCOd0AstbsTJn0HnzxMEkKctZqcVL51YoSmtldU3OpDrez0aUhjG0AjrHAj9C7-q786y1HSgtxPwQ_jgpxr2Xjf7mwFyzbP0VuqjCmbAArkVti_RF5HZLCEAgYiDzmFnl92ps4YF3AC42SEBSp-HTiXA/s2986/20230303_233342.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2986" data-original-width="2404" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXnKefoEMmuM4NtHpkbmId8PbryAmSM9fGNyCOd0AstbsTJn0HnzxMEkKctZqcVL51YoSmtldU3OpDrez0aUhjG0AjrHAj9C7-q786y1HSgtxPwQ_jgpxr2Xjf7mwFyzbP0VuqjCmbAArkVti_RF5HZLCEAgYiDzmFnl92ps4YF3AC42SEBSp-HTiXA/s320/20230303_233342.jpg" width="258" /></a></div>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-91837376860087954052023-03-10T16:59:00.037-05:002023-03-10T21:44:47.589-05:00Walking to Saxapahaw<p>Since returning from Germany last summer, I have been mourning the lack of easy long-distance day-hikes enabled by convenient mass transit. I finally decided to aim for some point-to-point hikes from Durham, figuring I could select destinations on bus or train lines.</p><p>In January, I started mapping out some potential routes. Maybe I could walk to Virginia! How many days would it take to reach the border, or Richmond, or Charlottesville? Turns out about 3 days, 10 days, and 10 days respectively. There's even a designated greenway--the 3,000-mile long East Coast Greenway--that passes through both Durham and Richmond, albeit mostly on roads and intended for bicyclists. </p><p>I got as far as determining that finding places to stay <i>en route</i> would be a challenge. Then I discovered the ODX bus--the Orange-Durham Express--which runs from Durham to Hillsborough to Efland and back on weekdays during the early morning and early evening.</p><p>In February, the ODX enabled a 44-mile, 2-day walk starting from home:</p><p><span> * </span>Day 1: Durham to Hillsborough (19.5 miles), taking the ODX home (+1.5 miles). </p><p><span> * </span>Day 2: ODX to Hillsborough (+1.4 miles), then walking to Saxapahaw (21.6 miles). </p><p>There exists no mass transit home from Saxapahaw. S, who bicycles there on a semi-regular basis, kindly offered to pick me up by car. </p><p>Day 1, Tuesday Feb. 21:</p><p>The walk from home to Hillsborough was hands down the most gloriously beautiful local walk I've taken since becoming a walkaholic. It knocked <a href="https://www.facebook.com/liz.paley/posts/pfbid02BhKQD2uL9qEec4eLVKHQjp1CZ8WyyPLjgK9A2vPb4kSkYKo9xCLd7nWuDqwJLsUul">happening upon the ECWA Beaver Marsh Preserve on a snowy January day in 2021</a> down to second place. </p><p>I needed to start our taxes, so my route began with a walk to Costco to buy software. From there, I continued past the strip malls...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijM_f4X9ZSq8po_Knw5Ujuuy4QWimHiy142i-OnY6cs3dgXpiHB6g6QsvZiTA743RzDfH1zLgFjIEne7Al_8qR3sm0BPy9iDb0wz_oNTi_sD7Pq9Ih4NJvsnaVUpDvAwv-WxHbdO_-Zo7bzah0DnCFI40jAXBiI_dTlqpEmL3vxHCZ421Aq7Kx2_Drtg/s2048/1676998470678.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijM_f4X9ZSq8po_Knw5Ujuuy4QWimHiy142i-OnY6cs3dgXpiHB6g6QsvZiTA743RzDfH1zLgFjIEne7Al_8qR3sm0BPy9iDb0wz_oNTi_sD7Pq9Ih4NJvsnaVUpDvAwv-WxHbdO_-Zo7bzah0DnCFI40jAXBiI_dTlqpEmL3vxHCZ421Aq7Kx2_Drtg/s320/1676998470678.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For questioning potters...</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...to Guess Road, and more commercial strips...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5l4ZfhImNt8RDBPtoiVKJUZxh3vCjW70RrLh_uQcLb4eS8sKBiD7DbzfZgdvDZQ_Qe7ZW-QVLF2Q-keZXAI-Nde9dXOSwrJmMY3Lh_ULtfMMZvFA8UGnfB1QUFRC-MA2ob14yCMlNm2IJ6OCEiAcqspMhvEqzHfUtRo6oPPU4P_RIMXAT-5m5IquhQA/s2992/20230221_115858.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5l4ZfhImNt8RDBPtoiVKJUZxh3vCjW70RrLh_uQcLb4eS8sKBiD7DbzfZgdvDZQ_Qe7ZW-QVLF2Q-keZXAI-Nde9dXOSwrJmMY3Lh_ULtfMMZvFA8UGnfB1QUFRC-MA2ob14yCMlNm2IJ6OCEiAcqspMhvEqzHfUtRo6oPPU4P_RIMXAT-5m5IquhQA/s320/20230221_115858.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Because <i>Du meine Seele, du mein Herz</i>...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />...eventually wending my way into the Croasdaille Farms subdivision.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1213" data-original-width="1213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6udYrmPb2HHPHu5UEfeDQ9U8F8JsBsM_8WYuKGBvGnIskuxUQrY-pVAlwF4f-bJkcauCjdlIo0JGaXG7AIAwU7I-PsR1h7-mZ9fAVs5nhp8B6ktf35rODTvCHixU9HzMoH84jUUfuJL1GzPmjKyygovtiBhxUk2nBKZyiwNkd6fXipTKX-DQ_TC96tg/s320/20230221_133334.jpg" style="color: #0000ee; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trout lily</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>...then north along Cole Mill Road, past my second favorite fire hydrant in all of Durham <span style="text-align: center;">(</span><a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2012/12/solstice-lights.html" style="text-align: center;">first favorite is described here</a><span style="text-align: center;">)</span>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_z0uXfbtwJrhPoJsqx20VxAgxGCWgNEqESecg0e7uD01R1FzDat_91pu_yYzKkmLe6IH1qcx8tn4Q1nHRlPCJnepWtgxLoMTwgDNthE0y2sHqewEokrC13qtIN6AMTIFL-uYLL03XZy45FGZ2lhI1iOWl6Aue4Q43jMEkvVfI6SDP6Zpm661xQBOwBw/s2048/1677004523748.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_z0uXfbtwJrhPoJsqx20VxAgxGCWgNEqESecg0e7uD01R1FzDat_91pu_yYzKkmLe6IH1qcx8tn4Q1nHRlPCJnepWtgxLoMTwgDNthE0y2sHqewEokrC13qtIN6AMTIFL-uYLL03XZy45FGZ2lhI1iOWl6Aue4Q43jMEkvVfI6SDP6Zpm661xQBOwBw/s320/1677004523748.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPft2RfRQKACFSrAUM6pzY9VxXYOEdv-b8iIJ0h7GvlAPRYPDQXT2AHzzuXJHdDJigaf-9MOLd2oDs5YQvS4ydv8aRvYPCUka_qJRVEbvoNKvGalJq2yd2IKOMellAoFRzPp30YaxxjlOIZIyQENrrqROdro025vE-JfWYyb0y4PL97FC8-u73YghAAw/s2048/1677004641640.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPft2RfRQKACFSrAUM6pzY9VxXYOEdv-b8iIJ0h7GvlAPRYPDQXT2AHzzuXJHdDJigaf-9MOLd2oDs5YQvS4ydv8aRvYPCUka_qJRVEbvoNKvGalJq2yd2IKOMellAoFRzPp30YaxxjlOIZIyQENrrqROdro025vE-JfWYyb0y4PL97FC8-u73YghAAw/s320/1677004641640.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eno flowing beneath Cole Mill Road</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Then the trash started, and didn't let up until the intersection with Pleasant Green. Here's a photo of someone's personal toxic waste dump at an especially egregious spot along Cole Mill Road:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGKsIUpw8AWWkeny8ca6wFYbs_bhEu3tJQMTdMlB6soU83XAdpoB_fBJHI9mQxtFavWV5SX4QXiIwicu5NeLRGchAY8FQmV_NPbzFbZHguBZPeMdz4jnXoU8cnthw-NQj0waxhHVfLDkJeYNxhzM5K7M8_o_xkbSqi-VKBPE2YjcqZ34lO3rGpZsUQg/s2048/1677005562595.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGKsIUpw8AWWkeny8ca6wFYbs_bhEu3tJQMTdMlB6soU83XAdpoB_fBJHI9mQxtFavWV5SX4QXiIwicu5NeLRGchAY8FQmV_NPbzFbZHguBZPeMdz4jnXoU8cnthw-NQj0waxhHVfLDkJeYNxhzM5K7M8_o_xkbSqi-VKBPE2YjcqZ34lO3rGpZsUQg/s320/1677005562595.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This award-winning sculpture adorns the entrance to a private residence:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlC4xYbCa7tdLcifz3Z7j7M1MY5uUi9yrDJvxsROJAro-iH7LHn8wurPXh1JPUfk7Tu7H_ES6SFhF9L4Nz42vzMCs0U5-GutUd0yKFuzz9syY8JDUVW5Vxt7FQcMZvEtWIh4GU9pY4F6Sld6K5cAGmc-VnzokiFI_BNFJlDVEw7eYyGUC1Nele_kJ3g/s2048/1677005753720.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlC4xYbCa7tdLcifz3Z7j7M1MY5uUi9yrDJvxsROJAro-iH7LHn8wurPXh1JPUfk7Tu7H_ES6SFhF9L4Nz42vzMCs0U5-GutUd0yKFuzz9syY8JDUVW5Vxt7FQcMZvEtWIh4GU9pY4F6Sld6K5cAGmc-VnzokiFI_BNFJlDVEw7eYyGUC1Nele_kJ3g/s320/1677005753720.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Open Hand</i>, by Joe Coates</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Eventually I landed in Eno River State Park. There's a short trail that begins just before the parking lot for Few's Ford, and it spits you out on the east side of the suspension bridge. That was an "ooh ahh!" moment for me, since I completely bypassed the bigger parking lot and the stepped trail down to the river. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaPLTD4C5sa4GoYK216uAJs1f7EY6MHeOWTDnljAGXigohs_SA2CLYK0y-S6ZW35U8cfvYPd6joVY5MgZhytxM-fqREPb7i9wQ5bIb27qXRFTBpo71qlwnYmhINiUdiUwIyTEIY2yVY1shjVPXT7Kk2rpJ5fk1ISCcg_8Cuk6xSrlZjg_L9JynSg9Hg/s2048/1677007588206.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaPLTD4C5sa4GoYK216uAJs1f7EY6MHeOWTDnljAGXigohs_SA2CLYK0y-S6ZW35U8cfvYPd6joVY5MgZhytxM-fqREPb7i9wQ5bIb27qXRFTBpo71qlwnYmhINiUdiUwIyTEIY2yVY1shjVPXT7Kk2rpJ5fk1ISCcg_8Cuk6xSrlZjg_L9JynSg9Hg/s320/1677007588206.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ooh ahh! I'm east of the suspension bridge!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtueBc9hdSKhemuqc7xpMkfvDyy8d1hOTF1mCLjzrSf1LHPCppYrW29Q4UckGwBfmKT97ZYodzd0YjWrH1fR3xA-JSdLF9Kwye0jqIL7eVCDTG9tokK9Jx1N4kWaFs6vS9fcmXMam3G3CEVjHNd9w5COwvlwnUCaWJKPR8iHYvPmhHKoJ0YFg7pSEm8w/s2048/1677007633263.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtueBc9hdSKhemuqc7xpMkfvDyy8d1hOTF1mCLjzrSf1LHPCppYrW29Q4UckGwBfmKT97ZYodzd0YjWrH1fR3xA-JSdLF9Kwye0jqIL7eVCDTG9tokK9Jx1N4kWaFs6vS9fcmXMam3G3CEVjHNd9w5COwvlwnUCaWJKPR8iHYvPmhHKoJ0YFg7pSEm8w/s320/1677007633263.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ApgNm9FpWdhhkYrr0LR52ATpE_9dKjKVUJAJAjpcOc6910yhk0uligbdfllCDDBaMKN1_KFkOIvxg6xoXiapcQ7Qxe8Q9ZGUtqdthXYDsaTH4Ad1GxLqLfpyzN6Hb_AvYj2v9oeFQYO9uunumlrab20uGVXJp2b1EunwB0PMFJeQwJcguWndhX5aUw/s2048/1677008199928.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ApgNm9FpWdhhkYrr0LR52ATpE_9dKjKVUJAJAjpcOc6910yhk0uligbdfllCDDBaMKN1_KFkOIvxg6xoXiapcQ7Qxe8Q9ZGUtqdthXYDsaTH4Ad1GxLqLfpyzN6Hb_AvYj2v9oeFQYO9uunumlrab20uGVXJp2b1EunwB0PMFJeQwJcguWndhX5aUw/s320/1677008199928.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cox Mountain Trail</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Komoot, my route-planning app, told me to head west off of the Cox Mountain trail. Had it not told me to turn, I would not have noticed the un-signed trail. Clearly little used, and possibly non-maintained, it proved well worth the turn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4O4pnrNKuSiqb4K3DMEP1QKPGr-SGwDpSueRkRs98LpjxkBixKQmns_DKIojZbclGviRTjXTzJTu0py4Wn0IKEtQciqYMbFZktESYgIn_kayRGHx6X4Pz6ZcSY1vxDt78KfUh8HVRFxoijWtjYW3v4G1owrVSrr-NGCtgn9J4FDldSngrO93u6SiFg/s4000/20230221_145944.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4O4pnrNKuSiqb4K3DMEP1QKPGr-SGwDpSueRkRs98LpjxkBixKQmns_DKIojZbclGviRTjXTzJTu0py4Wn0IKEtQciqYMbFZktESYgIn_kayRGHx6X4Pz6ZcSY1vxDt78KfUh8HVRFxoijWtjYW3v4G1owrVSrr-NGCtgn9J4FDldSngrO93u6SiFg/s320/20230221_145944.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Eno homestead is gone, but daffodils remain.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyYyhbUgUMWw40RbENVK7mGIgy9n-LwJQwgH5lSXqAiXyE51heBa6DUYKNVdMPr_VtBm4FOXx51Yuz8T4JsSg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBd2D8h7aDqlFcf9HYJjzO-Xf9fDBIsn8ztn8zMjiR5DC3fuhN7AUyfYVx4DHTmvkd6pfIkvVgFrMuMgADNe0lTXoi42Bpt49H_Xgo0YnTxH0h43KE9tHp2h0RbktnyqE37_Qceyolt2bCmkBq-OOu4Dxcx58hFZz9XU4TOXt9WRix3P0uJMf4xlBSew/s4000/20230221_150429.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBd2D8h7aDqlFcf9HYJjzO-Xf9fDBIsn8ztn8zMjiR5DC3fuhN7AUyfYVx4DHTmvkd6pfIkvVgFrMuMgADNe0lTXoi42Bpt49H_Xgo0YnTxH0h43KE9tHp2h0RbktnyqE37_Qceyolt2bCmkBq-OOu4Dxcx58hFZz9XU4TOXt9WRix3P0uJMf4xlBSew/s320/20230221_150429.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The biggest, reddest open vein of clay I've ever seen runs up a steep hill</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAABL9GP900uMmw36eM-fFW0aTKW-PiII-t_Y4oo_PZgfQ12YrV9EoTM9dNGYQonUnBo2-MbL5lDixxsHNZsEPOcyDAUUpXTd0pwjuIIr__KABwkgD7w9e9m3QEn4NsvdzWhd9DSKflr71Q_Ynk-CPXeZZJeqZttqBeDltIol7AnU0Y--SZJIGGq7Lsw/s2364/1677010297771.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2364" data-original-width="1773" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAABL9GP900uMmw36eM-fFW0aTKW-PiII-t_Y4oo_PZgfQ12YrV9EoTM9dNGYQonUnBo2-MbL5lDixxsHNZsEPOcyDAUUpXTd0pwjuIIr__KABwkgD7w9e9m3QEn4NsvdzWhd9DSKflr71Q_Ynk-CPXeZZJeqZttqBeDltIol7AnU0Y--SZJIGGq7Lsw/s320/1677010297771.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's hard to make out, but the trail was an old forest road</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>The trail continued to the state park border and, with ominous signage, onto private land; so [TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES] following [TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES] and [TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES], past a pottery, to where I finally arrived at the Mountains to Sea Trail--a.k.a. Hwy 70:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GiYCAusC_C3G73c3wbastrWYPZRhWfsxN5pAOoxXkiAu7ABVYccnLiSL3ovhjA7jI3W7pMlCWBPg8gfANPilwTM2K0TXkqE94P-W9Dpe8iBSJLjE7EFw4xo0d_e37PYb7EtlD6a8HaOoS8JFv6WRUlBfTOW5fbPLMsahUCVIWJs5vcnyEWbVUmQdMg/s4000/20230221_161332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GiYCAusC_C3G73c3wbastrWYPZRhWfsxN5pAOoxXkiAu7ABVYccnLiSL3ovhjA7jI3W7pMlCWBPg8gfANPilwTM2K0TXkqE94P-W9Dpe8iBSJLjE7EFw4xo0d_e37PYb7EtlD6a8HaOoS8JFv6WRUlBfTOW5fbPLMsahUCVIWJs5vcnyEWbVUmQdMg/s320/20230221_161332.jpg" width="240" /></a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrs9RrebYrc3oqS-KvhHV3gRgDRm988yl3KcIB3moNiK-Qy8d44FpsEoO3laNtK3hstwKqosqiGt1-Ad1G8Qwnnif0u13miXIp_TITzJCYWKO0IgkTwIHzBQOds6jRfeHRRMh5DUfi10o13gfmXwpHK8VwI7GsAhOW1ySv9X6KGZ7tenazlznlpTZScQ/s2364/1677014595465.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2364" data-original-width="1773" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrs9RrebYrc3oqS-KvhHV3gRgDRm988yl3KcIB3moNiK-Qy8d44FpsEoO3laNtK3hstwKqosqiGt1-Ad1G8Qwnnif0u13miXIp_TITzJCYWKO0IgkTwIHzBQOds6jRfeHRRMh5DUfi10o13gfmXwpHK8VwI7GsAhOW1ySv9X6KGZ7tenazlznlpTZScQ/s320/1677014595465.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vroom vroom. Yes, this stretch of highway is part of the MST.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>After walking a mile or so north on 70, I missed the turn-off to stay on the MST along the Eno. Because I had just enough time to catch the 5:20pm bus home if I hurried, I chose not to backtrack to find the turnoff, and instead continued on the highway until St. Mary's Road, then turned left, past Ayr Mount and River Park Elementary and into scenic downtown Hillsborough. Shortly thereafter, I was one of only two passengers on the impressively speedy ODX bus back to Durham.</div><div><div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4hZotAad2jNUkgJQjbprAJO5r_lbIoTiHepHIuOEwb6H7oZJpFWd7lk5Z5ES8NPnEgTqPIhEjAxtp_pDlxMTeO262UHuBo2vly7oZkEaJDiBjYbtV4_FeZWVaArTB44mzfnwiA_8giJBdBvWVsSIAqsQj8ZEFaEo4KY3wdImG9fTHn43o3JSOpvJeQ/s2364/1677016221140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2364" data-original-width="1773" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4hZotAad2jNUkgJQjbprAJO5r_lbIoTiHepHIuOEwb6H7oZJpFWd7lk5Z5ES8NPnEgTqPIhEjAxtp_pDlxMTeO262UHuBo2vly7oZkEaJDiBjYbtV4_FeZWVaArTB44mzfnwiA_8giJBdBvWVsSIAqsQj8ZEFaEo4KY3wdImG9fTHn43o3JSOpvJeQ/s320/1677016221140.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div>Day 2, Tuesday Feb. 28:</div><div><br /></div><div>In theory, I was supposed to do this section the day after Day 1. But life and weather and <a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2023/03/experiencing-cold-and-wet-exuberantly.html">blisters</a> changed that. A week later, and on a day's notice, my friend TS joined me for the walk to Saxapahaw. I'd never been to Saxapahaw, and figured that arriving on foot would be a rewarding way to experience it.</div><div><br /></div><div>T and I met shortly after dawn and skedaddled downtown to the bus station. T is one of the three fastest walkers I know (hat tips also to RM and CM), so we arrived with ten minutes to spare. </div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8QEnMQQiLtRyzg8d8BibcLiiN0VVunruq8DUosueEzaEg1pe_TMwwNPzBdbQPYkP7LzwOKlVk7G9XuqVlSdejP9D-cRxt7-K4tng4Ju4nc0qe86AyiPEO7Mv722CGP1Muuh-pNTGjMVDeKCJ-tRMHxTWSb6ASdqXoKz7PXSx1B1mfaTInhIAjgOuUQ/s4000/20230228_065657.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8QEnMQQiLtRyzg8d8BibcLiiN0VVunruq8DUosueEzaEg1pe_TMwwNPzBdbQPYkP7LzwOKlVk7G9XuqVlSdejP9D-cRxt7-K4tng4Ju4nc0qe86AyiPEO7Mv722CGP1Muuh-pNTGjMVDeKCJ-tRMHxTWSb6ASdqXoKz7PXSx1B1mfaTInhIAjgOuUQ/s320/20230228_065657.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The speedy ODX dropped us off across the street from the Weaver Street Co-op, where we were instructed to stretch--so we did.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrx3q4rSu9WhO_AKmynFR_Ugwx_0V2QLG-LXso5RzLypfD38LhBEuMMIwz8rBEs619jiq7hFZRW_QBfPTvytWCLB1qQP-rPqyzm2lxWBzOR2VMQGAXw4YVb72zfxaA95RpoyrFBd95Bm2lf4xb7NB7cewWsO9VgNcdUHNVvhnTREvtH3B-_sXSy2vfA/s4000/20230228_071734.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrx3q4rSu9WhO_AKmynFR_Ugwx_0V2QLG-LXso5RzLypfD38LhBEuMMIwz8rBEs619jiq7hFZRW_QBfPTvytWCLB1qQP-rPqyzm2lxWBzOR2VMQGAXw4YVb72zfxaA95RpoyrFBd95Bm2lf4xb7NB7cewWsO9VgNcdUHNVvhnTREvtH3B-_sXSy2vfA/s320/20230228_071734.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We linked up with the MST behind the co-op. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTXkZ2xRrSx2BgvWi2u8e5R0HTNhzB6AWTGsdZPo1yAOpNWAnDwnoGuyXR9tCPEaCs1JaiokHOEfrAg7Lmpz__BzJEAuS2shKFCAqFT8m-CJiA44yt1uo984S0b9N1irndGdlHDl-EInMJgsRv9WhyfSC3bry-zpGn3LRNg68updjLHsqSWHIA4aOIg/s2364/1677586993402.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="2364" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTXkZ2xRrSx2BgvWi2u8e5R0HTNhzB6AWTGsdZPo1yAOpNWAnDwnoGuyXR9tCPEaCs1JaiokHOEfrAg7Lmpz__BzJEAuS2shKFCAqFT8m-CJiA44yt1uo984S0b9N1irndGdlHDl-EInMJgsRv9WhyfSC3bry-zpGn3LRNg68updjLHsqSWHIA4aOIg/s320/1677586993402.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mosaic in a parking garage behind the co-op: "Love Hillsborough"</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The MST follows the Hillsborough River Walk for a bit:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdN42sdrCHf1J392-Axhkj2La35ZNBB_yGK-oVg5lKcJcQ3hil7hQa6sEjX6ICE82Z92ivpuhbtnD3ZI3GU0jFWQon7WJol-78RSWWBh3-XTxaG2FeXtUNvGAZWbC6pZLyACGq_pyoPs57ZzkQSXfgO4XZEkWJ1FXxXw6nCvd6olN09Rkm06Z19Dvhw/s2364/1677587138116.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="2364" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdN42sdrCHf1J392-Axhkj2La35ZNBB_yGK-oVg5lKcJcQ3hil7hQa6sEjX6ICE82Z92ivpuhbtnD3ZI3GU0jFWQon7WJol-78RSWWBh3-XTxaG2FeXtUNvGAZWbC6pZLyACGq_pyoPs57ZzkQSXfgO4XZEkWJ1FXxXw6nCvd6olN09Rkm06Z19Dvhw/s320/1677587138116.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The River Walk includes bridges, boardwalks, and paved trails...</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3d9fjgVPdJUo43zEx2xC0XQMQTq2z87njeZzQ4GuLlYa2nihaRch2aPeLjiFZ4XsLs5mWzhPiQde7bjBo5Hretr06o_WBWR_rP1mhnUz9DnsOr6q9SQh27naKVkaR6buge0qhise03nYwWRzghqOaFjkyXWZMARX1-3A-wze6pnaLSu0gTEiMsNaM0g/s4000/20230228_072907.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3d9fjgVPdJUo43zEx2xC0XQMQTq2z87njeZzQ4GuLlYa2nihaRch2aPeLjiFZ4XsLs5mWzhPiQde7bjBo5Hretr06o_WBWR_rP1mhnUz9DnsOr6q9SQh27naKVkaR6buge0qhise03nYwWRzghqOaFjkyXWZMARX1-3A-wze6pnaLSu0gTEiMsNaM0g/s320/20230228_072907.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and tons of turkey vultures. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Eventually we left the River Walk and headed west along a road to Efland. This road did not show Hillsborough at its finest. (I took a photo of some vulgar flags in front of a trailer home, but the image is too uncouth to post here.)</div><div><br /></div><div>Eventually we approached I-40...</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaECxiPo7oP7Ozf_So2gz9nvq3qlyNJ4lAWbCUmVll6tyu4o3xwcxhgmy8bKDWOaS_u2Zap7cqrXonWtOBL60bb-bw3O75XAf_4DFM52cpaUTm8apG4KVdSK_7ZU5iy3OuZ8c-ZU6bnF5FxjmbGGdC0_0DchXmjPBERc9mTXFuFHJtb1a9dIo5BBaCrg/s4000/20230228_084009.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaECxiPo7oP7Ozf_So2gz9nvq3qlyNJ4lAWbCUmVll6tyu4o3xwcxhgmy8bKDWOaS_u2Zap7cqrXonWtOBL60bb-bw3O75XAf_4DFM52cpaUTm8apG4KVdSK_7ZU5iy3OuZ8c-ZU6bnF5FxjmbGGdC0_0DchXmjPBERc9mTXFuFHJtb1a9dIo5BBaCrg/s320/20230228_084009.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cotton</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbXLkwvCjJxWBRoF2CxUdvNcAadmtEo2gjk0g0eqmDdVJBe_FOpE9KA6i4F0HTXBrYPzJxTAKzs5YA0zdTg83xGvm5g3Tliuk3kpt00zSvh0Rifj3XBMRyhyO3cN2GlFrsZtaFY2BwjiAhAvcYfd2IWjIQO3PdA4GHRpWfSPbRTuHaCKpJAvLVR_R-A/s4000/20230228_085032.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbXLkwvCjJxWBRoF2CxUdvNcAadmtEo2gjk0g0eqmDdVJBe_FOpE9KA6i4F0HTXBrYPzJxTAKzs5YA0zdTg83xGvm5g3Tliuk3kpt00zSvh0Rifj3XBMRyhyO3cN2GlFrsZtaFY2BwjiAhAvcYfd2IWjIQO3PdA4GHRpWfSPbRTuHaCKpJAvLVR_R-A/s320/20230228_085032.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The scenic Mountains-to-Sea Trail...</td></tr></tbody></table><br />...and crossed to the south side of the interstate. It took another mile or two before we finally left the traffic and noise of the Efland I-40 interchange behind.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our route followed <a href="https://mountainstoseatrail.org/the-trail/segments/9-alt/">an approximation of a future planned section of the MST</a>. For now, it's an "alternate" route entirely on paved roads.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">At the intersection of Chestnut Ridge Church Road and Buckhorn Road, we stopped at the INFO CEN ER, but learned very little:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIHUMjqXKNeiMRD4RssDQRU85zUPQjoEs-axbDQmyUPnTJdR7S0C-G0ui7iOv1Iz1gOSZp3MwE9dXjj_1d0asDwRHdUolvxjM0GhokQNs0Gu5f4LHfs4R4vedNrOS0hdwBK7vF5TLkVWtwCe3HdXxaRLbyovDgEN--L_SYAppTOH1x6oI04IR81jPsQ/s2364/1677599897926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2364" data-original-width="1773" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIHUMjqXKNeiMRD4RssDQRU85zUPQjoEs-axbDQmyUPnTJdR7S0C-G0ui7iOv1Iz1gOSZp3MwE9dXjj_1d0asDwRHdUolvxjM0GhokQNs0Gu5f4LHfs4R4vedNrOS0hdwBK7vF5TLkVWtwCe3HdXxaRLbyovDgEN--L_SYAppTOH1x6oI04IR81jPsQ/s320/1677599897926.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We encountered only a handful of bicyclists and joggers over the course of the day.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnjFPBccB70wjX1xgn9OPgq3B76VrE8I5DNc0xWaRzx8dc0h65wmZHEuJ4UvMfY6VjTptc26vyA06B9591hGL9FIf4TubAdfGdQYbs5TV6ozK6Z0lROfV7THJ7VjvOAsvONUpKb54G-CrP6BX1W7UDVIBpEyikeJBIdqhO_vtOEPb8IoF0db2NDvKiA/s4000/20230228_111319.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnjFPBccB70wjX1xgn9OPgq3B76VrE8I5DNc0xWaRzx8dc0h65wmZHEuJ4UvMfY6VjTptc26vyA06B9591hGL9FIf4TubAdfGdQYbs5TV6ozK6Z0lROfV7THJ7VjvOAsvONUpKb54G-CrP6BX1W7UDVIBpEyikeJBIdqhO_vtOEPb8IoF0db2NDvKiA/s320/20230228_111319.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look! There's one!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>For lunch, we paused near some houses on a scenic stretch of Bradshaw Quarry Road. With a healthy fear of trespassing and gun ownership in rural NC, I was game for sitting on a guard rail with our backs to the traffic, but T insisted on tromping off the road a bit. We found a fallen tree to sit on, and ate lunch surrounded by trout lilies. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJh5FSssI0hTGsRlTlBzS-C20m0_m0tMbxEm4UABv0qKAe_XSmDK3g4qw3v9Xa8FZuTk7-3BK-qPyKV5NsbCZExANXLmXHoxuiWGxajZjKu4VMNYMfM-8RNlxqan2V1thC2Xv9p4k6yBsbX2G-7y5KdfYcCS1jOW2B90MkC1KHW-C8-8lRBgOX1QySTw/s4000/20230228_111931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJh5FSssI0hTGsRlTlBzS-C20m0_m0tMbxEm4UABv0qKAe_XSmDK3g4qw3v9Xa8FZuTk7-3BK-qPyKV5NsbCZExANXLmXHoxuiWGxajZjKu4VMNYMfM-8RNlxqan2V1thC2Xv9p4k6yBsbX2G-7y5KdfYcCS1jOW2B90MkC1KHW-C8-8lRBgOX1QySTw/s320/20230228_111931.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQfHBb8RdaxeQAidfZTDQYfl7fzzCcC4BHUkKYpvbZCW6UF6bNjGSE7uYCIo8Y352AhEoOf5CARePfgqItfhxPhTfxfujSUnCmvVdd6Xhbe9t-yS1ELZlTUz5LwoHZP8o89dxPjZg9ZfR2axCIRZ2X1kLlP43io8zedOOu-Na172MZLNAmtAs_2TNig/s2555/20230302_222605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We passed a sign for Yellow Rake Road, although that was clearly a misnomer: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxz9X2BVNUmsTl5qd7sGuvZ8DGeWTpnt2uHzo5XOio_pn-ybTJ9uksF4G5P4bVHlV-Ic1a7_HIg60sZDEaySg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shortly beyond Pink Broom Road, it was baby burro season...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2054" data-original-width="2054" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSenh3RvleIGuipttYGH6y4Ucn6Kg567SSqz8EkCeiJrdkZ6FXZ27AVhYTbcd8Y382G_FBU4uz2-A0FKnrvRLIje-cle1bmFBUmtVAdaYc6rLcjRkg-wS7oNJfJFehHQA2TufkE9R2DswWbwI2gSSOrjdFxcOipbk586QCgSTmPELeJHMIRUcCg1rgw/s320/20230302_222128.jpg" style="color: #0000ee;" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5SVxoUEuIFornY4ojE8B02UbosmNI4sfcED5wf1ONwF4a5FyZX5kUIfcc311mmpMBb055qF4u-Vr2CLKWfNttp3RxUlq66ZAxVipkMkcddO4yvY9ZbmTnjCezGwjBpuj5n4p7inI9A4tFdaOXamOTafcbGZfIFBYTuuF7KttaovNsa7iPoYU04wsKg/s320/20230228_133747.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Over our entire route, we saw sign after sign that said "Private Property: No Trespassing." Sometimes these signs made sense, e.g. next to fishing ponds in which one might drown, and on Orange County Water and Sewer Authority land on which one might taint the drinking water. Still, we wondered what secret treasures must be hidden in these here hills to warrant so many signs, and we applauded multiple residential property owners for wisely making their land and wood piles look distinctly non-covetable.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3MyNiy_UK1T_iTl3xj40BeYaqS6IpsNwPVE1S9crC3qiaHyK_LwHJ-2c5kHfu4LVywVarTFnze7jKiyDZ0zSM3qTtUjTKBGVGZ3LwMLbX-8j2zIl4TodCxNL5Mp08VZ8aEeLsg75DBOETxXwGj2UVA0axT-lOLlKVxru8szAwfWdQ-EnqfY9zXmh6g/s4000/20230228_134445.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3MyNiy_UK1T_iTl3xj40BeYaqS6IpsNwPVE1S9crC3qiaHyK_LwHJ-2c5kHfu4LVywVarTFnze7jKiyDZ0zSM3qTtUjTKBGVGZ3LwMLbX-8j2zIl4TodCxNL5Mp08VZ8aEeLsg75DBOETxXwGj2UVA0axT-lOLlKVxru8szAwfWdQ-EnqfY9zXmh6g/s320/20230228_134445.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This property looked covetable. What illicit activities would <i>you</i> engage in here?</td></tr></tbody></table><br />By way of contrast, here's a welcoming, self-serve, honor-system, wee 24/7 open-door <a href="https://kingcobraapiary.com/">apiary store</a> a few miles outside of Saxapahaw. I Venmo'd the owners $25 and added a 3-pound glass jar of local honey to my backpack, to gift to my honey-loving honey in appreciation of the upcoming ride home.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YR4ZmovYSlAQs4kN4myfusHjfUls2AlMK00JyFuyxUwANF7xVVnqX5zmJb4AfasIN-HtiXrUSPbjR6jlWe2pkpaLpl3mr9ed670lBh-bAJ3YCZrYZqE-N1HxGDa-pl-N5IqnSsCTtm22GhcKAkqNQ5B_SYJHtTTjFGE_8mtohVlEXYYs6lT3kT63jg/s4000/20230228_134836.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YR4ZmovYSlAQs4kN4myfusHjfUls2AlMK00JyFuyxUwANF7xVVnqX5zmJb4AfasIN-HtiXrUSPbjR6jlWe2pkpaLpl3mr9ed670lBh-bAJ3YCZrYZqE-N1HxGDa-pl-N5IqnSsCTtm22GhcKAkqNQ5B_SYJHtTTjFGE_8mtohVlEXYYs6lT3kT63jg/s320/20230228_134836.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Signage told us when we arrived in Saxapahaw, although our official destination--the General Store--was still a few miles down the road.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vwSXaRdHpGHBDQqxKVoTRE4LKaU6LqCcacP_KuqVsel6y65BMsiFS0_MBqsq7YtCH6JrOWTqIVGbDp3u7ZkGR-9w6JjEqKrFh0TUOxuAZkbSGYD25bnVEXzjdP7Gqzs4egb0DLqckESfqq6rx3IcMtjlLqMmOktp2-MqIy_9h40DIHkP_Jxh4_P3OQ/s4000/20230228_143250.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vwSXaRdHpGHBDQqxKVoTRE4LKaU6LqCcacP_KuqVsel6y65BMsiFS0_MBqsq7YtCH6JrOWTqIVGbDp3u7ZkGR-9w6JjEqKrFh0TUOxuAZkbSGYD25bnVEXzjdP7Gqzs4egb0DLqckESfqq6rx3IcMtjlLqMmOktp2-MqIy_9h40DIHkP_Jxh4_P3OQ/s320/20230228_143250.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>After tanking up on seltzer and a chocolate chip cookie at the General Store, we meandered through Saxapahaw down to the Haw River. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdpS8I2iDp3EpQ8aSSfl0pYUuykhNBqSXiFn7BUDfD9Kc3FDJN8vlC7hwvtwUrxUgLtPKuoqEH_j7RkLTCJr8dA3DLU9fHG1OfowBDNCqbICgXwKmH4hxC5c9Z0VsSF8upO4Ch_mWX3oapIUZU7nOOUHFgVmt323RIf8R4uwKjZtrvbU8jKBMu9DpYw/s4000/20230228_155009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdpS8I2iDp3EpQ8aSSfl0pYUuykhNBqSXiFn7BUDfD9Kc3FDJN8vlC7hwvtwUrxUgLtPKuoqEH_j7RkLTCJr8dA3DLU9fHG1OfowBDNCqbICgXwKmH4hxC5c9Z0VsSF8upO4Ch_mWX3oapIUZU7nOOUHFgVmt323RIf8R4uwKjZtrvbU8jKBMu9DpYw/s320/20230228_155009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXnE9q8jXHUI3VD437ayJYMOMrjeRKTdKe6KThqG8fcthlmdiVrLnvnYne807ixNTU-XvEB3gPU8CP90DHxIe2KGEjCyD-xj3LxlNkd_Fm2vCMG7I1ZUi9SY9nCkvlTnHeSq-Hq8qZSgwDkKXZZYH-SFyzprxgjlVk6t0HzdFTSpbGz5FigmxhOIYxQ/s4000/20230228_155432.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXnE9q8jXHUI3VD437ayJYMOMrjeRKTdKe6KThqG8fcthlmdiVrLnvnYne807ixNTU-XvEB3gPU8CP90DHxIe2KGEjCyD-xj3LxlNkd_Fm2vCMG7I1ZUi9SY9nCkvlTnHeSq-Hq8qZSgwDkKXZZYH-SFyzprxgjlVk6t0HzdFTSpbGz5FigmxhOIYxQ/s320/20230228_155432.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhOePoYRefe9laVZy9-5aZnheSpbLZ1-ebms3hF0urLRJFU8YGZqBgvg_JRCo0WP4GgoTqGtffiZwJ4QAcSnBRsCNwpL9qH7yvQ3Pvr0fNw-OBoUBYcgpK5cQjdaTX-7yc10Nunb2iy0Izg47LrNAtL_iV3VGRCF8jspeDg517tsDysSdBCkQQS25Rg/s4000/20230228_155709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhOePoYRefe9laVZy9-5aZnheSpbLZ1-ebms3hF0urLRJFU8YGZqBgvg_JRCo0WP4GgoTqGtffiZwJ4QAcSnBRsCNwpL9qH7yvQ3Pvr0fNw-OBoUBYcgpK5cQjdaTX-7yc10Nunb2iy0Izg47LrNAtL_iV3VGRCF8jspeDg517tsDysSdBCkQQS25Rg/s320/20230228_155709.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>There's an island in the middle of the river, aptly named Saxapahaw Island, with a park aptly named Saxapahaw Island Park. We hiked a short loop trail around the park before heading back to the General Store to meet S for dinner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4vO4dPkGXvWkREFXRZVa2gKI6N86mTnj5LA9DRgTi_yHMfGrLXigREFCiD7FcP_12TC6nBYnEk8viNOe3IHnx167jebl2U554_ONHRezfTW67dqG996800bqyvhS2PID94W6bHS5g6V04SfIFbkHYFdf4hKNh53uH97EhYcbYl3FFNCOgf8lOMWpow/s4000/20230228_160355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4vO4dPkGXvWkREFXRZVa2gKI6N86mTnj5LA9DRgTi_yHMfGrLXigREFCiD7FcP_12TC6nBYnEk8viNOe3IHnx167jebl2U554_ONHRezfTW67dqG996800bqyvhS2PID94W6bHS5g6V04SfIFbkHYFdf4hKNh53uH97EhYcbYl3FFNCOgf8lOMWpow/s320/20230228_160355.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDLwT4bV9WJa1b92FgxBuyhTKMs-XZ4z8POSqA0VlMuXoyqLObhpJ7IA5X9yu3hV4Q-SwK8hDxFahBhz4TeRpcdwPBEUZIggHiBcEMnzW0Z_cp2D9XvNN2Alby1BMfzrPufClxjKxL-IZBb_5OdfeRU6gRS7zyZAIIX_GoJfHQA1j5sh6yOhFzEuhdw/s320/20230302_221239.jpg" style="color: #0000ee;" width="320" /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4IVCrAg4Ckseyh-s-AIxxs01UfArSCXOSLEJY4U1R0zWMvWwBgW5ol-NF7M0fnRWNQq4lqbaMh9LlUz30d2FVycJ-8O4ayEVexg2pHslbhs4ZdH8ruWc0TcccyM5FkQaXdl9aXQ4_6BuTfuoi9QoCFUcBsiNtI0FG7_xkbDS9GBirMLhToCogAtWKA/s4000/20230228_161614.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4IVCrAg4Ckseyh-s-AIxxs01UfArSCXOSLEJY4U1R0zWMvWwBgW5ol-NF7M0fnRWNQq4lqbaMh9LlUz30d2FVycJ-8O4ayEVexg2pHslbhs4ZdH8ruWc0TcccyM5FkQaXdl9aXQ4_6BuTfuoi9QoCFUcBsiNtI0FG7_xkbDS9GBirMLhToCogAtWKA/s320/20230228_161614.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCde8y3WyOTX8e4TIGigO7tpoIA2JNJMEJXcn93j6BGqIz5Okil1rwKap-cZf4FFKVM5YoDJJ1DLiIBcbTA5QUBzGZNe8bpMy-i0TkNrWLANZFSf2rK8u6IYOIGekn7tCcvUOG-QPjIHJalMRl4KlRFEuMpqssnAyf3VqYxlugP2wTr3mVlkaa2Q4CsA/s4000/20230302_221812.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCde8y3WyOTX8e4TIGigO7tpoIA2JNJMEJXcn93j6BGqIz5Okil1rwKap-cZf4FFKVM5YoDJJ1DLiIBcbTA5QUBzGZNe8bpMy-i0TkNrWLANZFSf2rK8u6IYOIGekn7tCcvUOG-QPjIHJalMRl4KlRFEuMpqssnAyf3VqYxlugP2wTr3mVlkaa2Q4CsA/s320/20230302_221812.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And that was that. I was pleased that the ride home took a good 40 minutes, since it's always disheartening to have a seven-hour hike undone by a mere 20-minute car or train ride. (And for those of you paying attention, the drive to Hillsborough would have been about 30 minutes, which is also more than 20. Whew!)</div></div></div>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-46049209556694781782023-03-04T01:56:00.000-05:002023-03-04T01:56:05.377-05:00Experiencing cold and wet exuberantly<p>The story, as I remember a friend telling it, is that many winters ago, his wife was driving somewhere with their toddler on a snowy day. At some point, she discovered the toddler had completely undressed himself, despite being snugly strapped into his carseat. Friend said that spouse said that toddler said he had stripped down in order to "experience cold."</p><p>That wording, obviously, has stuck with me. I like the idea that one does not have to <i>be</i> something unpleasant (or pleasant, if coldness is your thing), but instead one can <i>experience</i> something--and the difference is a choice.</p><p>As part of my recent effort to <a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2023/01/my-exuberance-quotient-is-up-now-that.html">age exuberantly to make my life worth living</a>, I have decided to <i>experience</i> more and <i>be</i> less. One outcome is that I now walk long distances in the rain on chilly days. Rather than <i>being</i> cold and soggy, I get to <i>experience</i> cold and soggy! </p><p>Thus I met friends for lunch a six-mile roundtrip chilly rainy walk from home, and I did not melt! </p><p>Thus I headed ten miles down the greenway to the mega-mall in a breezy drizzle, and then (because it was during my second annual "car-free February") hopped onto a bus to get home. </p><p>Thus last Saturday, I walked 15.5 miles from Durham to Chapel Hill in the rain, to meet up with friends for dinner and an opera. Because wet shoes and socks generate more friction against toes than dry ones, I had the added bonus, just before reaching the restaurant, of mindfully <i>experiencing</i> the exact moment when a blister that had been simmering for days finally gave up the ghost. (Because I am also attempting to age with a smidge of style, at least in public, I had an opera-worthy pair of flats, dry socks, and a dry shirt in my backpack; I changed in the restaurant restroom and left my sneakers behind in the trash can. Thanks for the 500+ miles, shoes!)</p><p>Of course, exuberance does not require rain. Posts on sunshine-filled walks coming soon.</p><p>---</p><p>Photos from a Saturday walk to Chapel Hill. I planned my route to go through Duke Gardens...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTUx7jXtJDshUdO81oYPRYudjr6JPCvNYrhVguzN_QziRtbXSKMtxXPY64O74rzTaSZmsPOm-wojFbdi2-jWA345ekWRAzxHwH3LRXNxi5i2nl7_XWZTDPkpbN4BsoSyA9k0wobiuW0XydBKBIXeeuRSFZY0dnT3tcUdDpK3RRqkRhRMt99d13-vTxg/s3000/20230226_084409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTUx7jXtJDshUdO81oYPRYudjr6JPCvNYrhVguzN_QziRtbXSKMtxXPY64O74rzTaSZmsPOm-wojFbdi2-jWA345ekWRAzxHwH3LRXNxi5i2nl7_XWZTDPkpbN4BsoSyA9k0wobiuW0XydBKBIXeeuRSFZY0dnT3tcUdDpK3RRqkRhRMt99d13-vTxg/s320/20230226_084409.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>...where spring flowers were already abundant.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvjAQHnfAkxl18Ak3DCt4EP7zeX5RXpaiQpE6Z9BCyAYTdZZKvJLXM79ivgLgWXpyvo0LSPPngOm-Untr5bpWm73x9gkcF3ZZNsEdGpp6lr1d_Rb3AvXN1QvXUOtdU00bNZ8US0mEgBvLMGCqN7BukNo4b-DbEwkryF4mdtFMiiutH7kxq0knhL78og/s958/20230226_085320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="958" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvjAQHnfAkxl18Ak3DCt4EP7zeX5RXpaiQpE6Z9BCyAYTdZZKvJLXM79ivgLgWXpyvo0LSPPngOm-Untr5bpWm73x9gkcF3ZZNsEdGpp6lr1d_Rb3AvXN1QvXUOtdU00bNZ8US0mEgBvLMGCqN7BukNo4b-DbEwkryF4mdtFMiiutH7kxq0knhL78og/s320/20230226_085320.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7T8k15to72FIRUhj3UrhwPJAsfRuZqZVwgIGCva512c8hm9q_D1VvPLFOWBNYjKAmjtrtpirFx3T_8CXCGaFqFY8rw6TowGwJmBOSO7adSkEy3aKXP_8w7x_fPzXYE2MbCabZNR4QE7oNDh_9dmCOm-t4oPDOJ9pmk7GheP0W9ENh3XiXYjMcl7Crg/s1418/20230226_085546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1418" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7T8k15to72FIRUhj3UrhwPJAsfRuZqZVwgIGCva512c8hm9q_D1VvPLFOWBNYjKAmjtrtpirFx3T_8CXCGaFqFY8rw6TowGwJmBOSO7adSkEy3aKXP_8w7x_fPzXYE2MbCabZNR4QE7oNDh_9dmCOm-t4oPDOJ9pmk7GheP0W9ENh3XiXYjMcl7Crg/s320/20230226_085546.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The rain began in earnest as I left the gardens, so I walked most of the way to Chapel Hill under an umbrella.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXYSKD4-FmXN-e9LeECn3TpIzntbPcZYGXsqz9Xo7uED0Yxg5aCBAk8cY07K6APpBLt0QGwaocoDywlM8-3rhor_9p1Z7Qh0Smb9AHtU64p8UfSJ9-htFISViNt7nQkcj5E87Ax8uuAB773YrZuXsU-aZp7OHjKobwi72fmFqBNUquLlcoJMFnDweww/s2048/1677351564687.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXYSKD4-FmXN-e9LeECn3TpIzntbPcZYGXsqz9Xo7uED0Yxg5aCBAk8cY07K6APpBLt0QGwaocoDywlM8-3rhor_9p1Z7Qh0Smb9AHtU64p8UfSJ9-htFISViNt7nQkcj5E87Ax8uuAB773YrZuXsU-aZp7OHjKobwi72fmFqBNUquLlcoJMFnDweww/s320/1677351564687.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I've been meaning to post a photograph of this bridge for a while. This is on Academy, where it crosses I-40, and it's the scariest bridge-over-freeway that I've traversed so far. The concrete barrier comes up as high as my kneecap. Fear of tripping and plunging onto a car going 70 mph outweighs fear of getting hit by a car going 45 mph, so I walk in the street instead of on the narrow sidewalk. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmcd0NGhzMXz9TIdl2QbxHz8UN9jol4sQVlU0rDk8VG-gYl8pIj0mRITvdlPuPlmvc2CtI1TYQ1S3fuk4JWKeL3qcPOFhUsnOj3N67ZGJZlF1i3sfa_ZazEhdkj-GnHjzPCnZgyu7kiCdVJN2vaFRO614da_fhUywXooXPBAqzBJ5BwlQ72F00zseGw/s2048/1677352027221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmcd0NGhzMXz9TIdl2QbxHz8UN9jol4sQVlU0rDk8VG-gYl8pIj0mRITvdlPuPlmvc2CtI1TYQ1S3fuk4JWKeL3qcPOFhUsnOj3N67ZGJZlF1i3sfa_ZazEhdkj-GnHjzPCnZgyu7kiCdVJN2vaFRO614da_fhUywXooXPBAqzBJ5BwlQ72F00zseGw/s320/1677352027221.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Durham is full of subdivisons that have half a block of sidewalk on either side of the main entrance. This spot was notable for having an entire block of sidewalk. Most of the walk to Chapel Hill looked like this--just without the sidewalk--so this was the last photo I took.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdtJisBRH6Wb97KFqWJ0Dt3BTLC7NDCP8kmDrdZZk2dNcMBt7It_gYVAUVl42zNdttwSKf-H07UAZ7L_lbbYb2lTIhoWLMfSXvuc6oMiv5Ljuy9NWD4ImWgXBiqYTvgE5Gv6FOMb4lSc3oDeSd2SPuDDpN1tBLHaIpB9DCwkkJlKexKC7CeKPKfMY7g/s2048/1677354424884.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdtJisBRH6Wb97KFqWJ0Dt3BTLC7NDCP8kmDrdZZk2dNcMBt7It_gYVAUVl42zNdttwSKf-H07UAZ7L_lbbYb2lTIhoWLMfSXvuc6oMiv5Ljuy9NWD4ImWgXBiqYTvgE5Gv6FOMb4lSc3oDeSd2SPuDDpN1tBLHaIpB9DCwkkJlKexKC7CeKPKfMY7g/s320/1677354424884.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-77285269255894674832023-01-29T15:46:00.005-05:002023-03-15T17:53:46.161-04:00My exuberance quotient is up now that I've laughed at the NYTimesThis morning, the NYTimes sent me an email with the subject header "how to make life worth living," recommending <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/well/live/aging-tips-margareta-magnusson.html">an article on how to age exuberantly</a> (as though passing around a blood pressure monitor with friends a few months back and trying to outdo one another with low BP numbers does not suffice). I am still laughing (exuberantly, thank goodness) at the suggestion that hundreds of thousands, or millions, or nay, perhaps even billions of lives are not worth living because people's exuberance quotients fall below the NYTimes' exuberance threshhold.<div><br /><div>As is the way with online media, the how-to-age-exuberantly article was followed by a link to an article on whether it's OK to <i>sip coffee </i>on an empty stomach: "there are a few facts that you should keep in mind..." </div><div><br /></div><div>My morning takeaway: it's a wonder that civilization has lasted as long as it has.</div></div>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-36946466716842669712023-01-02T15:28:00.005-05:002023-01-02T16:04:25.572-05:00That's a wrapWalk walkity walk walk walk.<div><br /></div><div><div>In 2022, I walked 3,024.5 recorded miles, plus a few miles that I didn't record, minus a few miles that were recorded but that I didn't walk (Garmin's GPS connection understandably struggles between canyon walls and inside buildings). That's about 1,000 more miles than I walked in 2021, largely enabled by taking five months off from work to travel with S on a sabbatical.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yesterday, I drafted a thoughtful, reflective blog post on the pros (many) and cons (some) of walking that much. Then my blog ate my draft. Oh well. </div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAAVZKlBAKmhpjqOzufPYBJphHac9AiBGNEdFt2MvLh5qXG1ZX4oHrvxg06bsnGgcnI8W9tIaijd1tC7QcP1PoTIvv4q8gimgQO9kilyuE0A0U0Rru7iA-VnRrbWLqVnu8Mr9cXKotivhpW9tqsXPzIqBAhe-Rzm3XttfEak8Yeu8a0VgDZ1ce-5nkQ/s4000/20220924_140539.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAAVZKlBAKmhpjqOzufPYBJphHac9AiBGNEdFt2MvLh5qXG1ZX4oHrvxg06bsnGgcnI8W9tIaijd1tC7QcP1PoTIvv4q8gimgQO9kilyuE0A0U0Rru7iA-VnRrbWLqVnu8Mr9cXKotivhpW9tqsXPzIqBAhe-Rzm3XttfEak8Yeu8a0VgDZ1ce-5nkQ/s320/20220924_140539.jpg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig9d1NLWHzcEt-CPtkkfkyc5cmsjuW_PMvSbXkjj1SrhtbJGVPKiPQ3O0IHGSy5FV9WfAec8yz2mwtFWtqMu7NOmlKrVQpGwbE-XaM3v2Gu3OOsOzTX7omrFe_WYeVj7GiGNV_mQGN9Ai2HrkdB8N6khvzLD_MLOtd0hfZ17WqZi1CKGk1A38Vbi43Vg/s2184/yip%20yip%20Screenshot_20220924_181608.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig9d1NLWHzcEt-CPtkkfkyc5cmsjuW_PMvSbXkjj1SrhtbJGVPKiPQ3O0IHGSy5FV9WfAec8yz2mwtFWtqMu7NOmlKrVQpGwbE-XaM3v2Gu3OOsOzTX7omrFe_WYeVj7GiGNV_mQGN9Ai2HrkdB8N6khvzLD_MLOtd0hfZ17WqZi1CKGk1A38Vbi43Vg/s320/yip%20yip%20Screenshot_20220924_181608.jpg" width="158" /></a></div><br /><div><div>The gist was that 3,024.5 miles is a lot more than most folks walk in a year, but it's also a lot less than many folks walk or jog or (to quote a friend) "RUN. I don't <i>jog.</i> I <i>run</i>" in a year.</div><div><br /></div><div>Strava says I spent 994 hours on those 3,024 miles. 41.4 days. I walked for 11% of my year.</div><div><br /></div><div>The <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/basics/adults/index.htm">CDC recommends</a> 150 minutes of "physical activity" per week (including a poorly-worded "2 days" of muscle-strengthening activity). That's about 1.5% of a year, or 2% of an adult's time awake. I came out 864 hours ahead of that. Lucky me! I'm pretty sure that had I spent those hours differently, I would have spent them being grumpier.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkznZslcJ0CZPgHJ7NNR-wx1mJUHo0A8VX6ACEZ_KYjmn9TlNpRWOq0yQhKNcQCmFbyjcIx1qhBr71hDnnNyhjvh1O2f_EoqCKKBBdYuoN0qCPRqulRVur2jL8uZnSUCR5bDoWe3t5NIK9fSx1ZzYtPK5JhgfmavKOxx76hCeDJEHBylo9s5i9ugFZmg/s948/Screenshot%20(311).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="947" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkznZslcJ0CZPgHJ7NNR-wx1mJUHo0A8VX6ACEZ_KYjmn9TlNpRWOq0yQhKNcQCmFbyjcIx1qhBr71hDnnNyhjvh1O2f_EoqCKKBBdYuoN0qCPRqulRVur2jL8uZnSUCR5bDoWe3t5NIK9fSx1ZzYtPK5JhgfmavKOxx76hCeDJEHBylo9s5i9ugFZmg/s320/Screenshot%20(311).png" width="320" /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>To my <a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2022/02/still-walking.html">previously recommended minimal list of walking accoutrements</a>, I'll add an LED-illuminated reflective vest. S gifted me with <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Simket-Vest-Green/dp/B09FPTFQS7/">one</a> because there are only so many sunlit hours per day, and I often walk at night, and he'd rather I didn't get hit by a car in the dark. I agree with him on that, so I wear the vest.</div><div><br /></div><div>Why walk? These posts still hold true:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2021/03/walking.html">https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2021/03/walking.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2022/02/still-walking.html">https://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2022/02/still-walking.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>What does 2023 hold in store? Most likely less than 3,000 miles, but more than 2,024. Maybe another car-free February. More backpacking. And more point-to-point wending my way across longer distances.</div><div><br /></div><div>To walk 3,024 miles in a year requires integrating walking into mundane activities (walk to work, walk to the grocery store, walk to the dentist's office, walk to the post office), and then walking recreationally on top of that. My walking highlights for 2022 were 100% recreational (thanks, sabbatical!), and included: </div><div><br /></div><div>(1) 157 miles in Utah</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTPE5k3sJ8Wk7YnFbStPgCvzxDs5rfdmS_ddA1_mX4FguuLnDzT57COhnNo_VHXneDx6A_L4-isR-rMuXUwCEFqwlUBLfPMMdlAmpEM-m90C0ui35WfJgvhTRloJoUppQFZMmTFIZDZ4PyRZFzd_whioXs1mRNl9WKNtoxLCBadxw8h1uVF49tjbJTQ/s2861/20220226_184805.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2861" data-original-width="2861" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTPE5k3sJ8Wk7YnFbStPgCvzxDs5rfdmS_ddA1_mX4FguuLnDzT57COhnNo_VHXneDx6A_L4-isR-rMuXUwCEFqwlUBLfPMMdlAmpEM-m90C0ui35WfJgvhTRloJoUppQFZMmTFIZDZ4PyRZFzd_whioXs1mRNl9WKNtoxLCBadxw8h1uVF49tjbJTQ/s320/20220226_184805.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzFIZ_eKg3ljS2U9-pNAmVXJeEBSKPTqLqh8cIcXGttQYw5ZCScg7UNXw1bXLWsA97_suNFeDlj3Ftte8WqwtSTj4e7i-TPx88qCaQFhjt8AWhMBexuVNgJsQbdc-HML0sRG-qixRC5zB72n8u6lUdvhMFypMjQa3HdhmJwNXP4yIdHULeDn2lCp-GA/s2992/20220227_104804.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I hiked segments solo (Steinebach to Immenstadt), with E (Freiburg to Ueberlingen), with LF (Brannenburg to Berchtesgaden), and with S (Immenstadt to Lindau). I enjoyed hiking with friends and family, but there was something pretty excitingly magical about that first solo stretch: I was covering terrain that was largely new to me, alone, in a language that isn't my first, and I actually had intelligible conversations with people along the way, AND I survived. All of that was pretty empowering. 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Friends of the MST has encouraged folks to celebrate by hiking 45 MST miles this month. As I hadn't been away from Durham since July 31, I took this as motivation to hike out of town.</p><p><b>Part I: "to," Saturday Sept. 10</b></p><p>My plan was to start hiking the second weekend of September, with a section of the MST in Doughton Recreation Area, but hurricane Earl, brewing far off in the Atlantic, had other plans, drenching much of NC in rain. Yet the forecast in Durham was decent until that Saturday afternoon--so plans switched to an Eno River hike instead, from the Pleasant Green access to Penny's Bend. Friends joined me for the first 5 miles. The weather held up until the last half hour, but it was fun to get drenched knowing it would just be for a short time. Thanks to S for providing shuttle service.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBiA_zXsWzGQF9jkwgMio_OR-zfqiQKYjmWF6bJciDkRy51b7BFbloR40vSmN4QiGwuv98KpfDbIklzUfRTtLg2pQoIyie5bhr3En1w2Zrkhhl0E2rmTK-U32hUnXOe5ur-ZtuRXPxyzk1YrRvWOJ9NoDBka1ms3LY3rkhM1NDpUA_3Qorvua2tmQRg/s1772/Screenshot_20220918_222917.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBiA_zXsWzGQF9jkwgMio_OR-zfqiQKYjmWF6bJciDkRy51b7BFbloR40vSmN4QiGwuv98KpfDbIklzUfRTtLg2pQoIyie5bhr3En1w2Zrkhhl0E2rmTK-U32hUnXOe5ur-ZtuRXPxyzk1YrRvWOJ9NoDBka1ms3LY3rkhM1NDpUA_3Qorvua2tmQRg/s320/Screenshot_20220918_222917.jpg" width="195" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shrooms were abundant on the trail. Size 10.5W women's sneaker included for scale:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzuDi3E56k9a85dkJhkym1-RHPCTfclPJ67ccglpT1po__dxCcRkjhxldN0-_2yjhdHTREnqcsL_6G1knACIUfkb4Lg67z0-LDOvp51dmM7XNsGY60WQyp-Qp7fFpsHNXTTWWSN56OZ05AkB1X3XoFMy4YBbhAIQYUTioaVG5gk5WK-DOxMgIjVJcIg/s2992/20220910_112051.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzuDi3E56k9a85dkJhkym1-RHPCTfclPJ67ccglpT1po__dxCcRkjhxldN0-_2yjhdHTREnqcsL_6G1knACIUfkb4Lg67z0-LDOvp51dmM7XNsGY60WQyp-Qp7fFpsHNXTTWWSN56OZ05AkB1X3XoFMy4YBbhAIQYUTioaVG5gk5WK-DOxMgIjVJcIg/s320/20220910_112051.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Since <i>it</i> couldn't see <i>me</i>, obviously <i>I </i>couldn't see <i>it</i>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESgB9MOWqrC838mjRfk_ays8v44koZRDqbFIqHNaY-OkqokWs5CgI3RIrZtswqiAcZxQGnh3Q_7eHbaIT0WIuGMB07Yh9-V5qhGSzInBsQjfkENVJirQ3yLpS_FkHZeA-mPKGwBEAIGAlXxEFnexmnsNhobUi3qpIrwbocKpi_g8b2LQgsRbA-1b5NQ/s4000/20220910_152641.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESgB9MOWqrC838mjRfk_ays8v44koZRDqbFIqHNaY-OkqokWs5CgI3RIrZtswqiAcZxQGnh3Q_7eHbaIT0WIuGMB07Yh9-V5qhGSzInBsQjfkENVJirQ3yLpS_FkHZeA-mPKGwBEAIGAlXxEFnexmnsNhobUi3qpIrwbocKpi_g8b2LQgsRbA-1b5NQ/s320/20220910_152641.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b>Part II: "Sea," Friday September 16-Sunday September 18</b><br /><p>The next Friday, I headed to Ocracoke. My original plan was to drive to the north end of Ocracoke on Saturday and walk back to Ocracoke village, then walk back to the north end on Sunday to pick up the car. But I arrived late afternoon on Friday, and how can one resist a walk on the beach? I ended up covering almost 11 miles that evening, from town to Ramp 67 and back again, so I sucked it up and completed the rest of the island on Saturday morning (Pony Pen access to the north end ferry dock, back south to Ramp 67, and then back to Pony Pen). On Sunday, I treated myself to a mostly non-MST walk to the south end of the island, where I finally found the sand dollar I had been searching for for a friend.</p><p>Friday evening:</p><p>Sea turtle nests abounded:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3DUMgqOdwTtn3COdeyYgqNBdpeq2krj4IcxL5Chibs1JGBLcAWmUnq86IKWJ-jtUHFAJ6fkzv-TI2DNMQr_NE-VAPduUyVUtRnShsO-SMH2HsGwtgrVLc7eYvUHvixMd2ztXtzUPul7Bq8zIALkuL3kwZm2EgGtHmXyRghkdT1DEKAPTGZs1UKS4vg/s2992/20220916_172038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3DUMgqOdwTtn3COdeyYgqNBdpeq2krj4IcxL5Chibs1JGBLcAWmUnq86IKWJ-jtUHFAJ6fkzv-TI2DNMQr_NE-VAPduUyVUtRnShsO-SMH2HsGwtgrVLc7eYvUHvixMd2ztXtzUPul7Bq8zIALkuL3kwZm2EgGtHmXyRghkdT1DEKAPTGZs1UKS4vg/s320/20220916_172038.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpUmXyQRWy-RH8oX33N7ebzqCApNUC9xsSd5CsQdsBO1NN2rArGmssnczqZ-Mk5uDGWwC3FCQsHMvW_rtfgsZYxskHUFQ7nlR1tsZ6k1ZNhml_OS79bmGTpbRAfpSOq_ARfAFtW7RNXxGj_hAuAMscqF3Fj7FLIrHP2toH5mCAMMCTFG2T3U1_CcuTQ/s4000/20220917_073130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpUmXyQRWy-RH8oX33N7ebzqCApNUC9xsSd5CsQdsBO1NN2rArGmssnczqZ-Mk5uDGWwC3FCQsHMvW_rtfgsZYxskHUFQ7nlR1tsZ6k1ZNhml_OS79bmGTpbRAfpSOq_ARfAFtW7RNXxGj_hAuAMscqF3Fj7FLIrHP2toH5mCAMMCTFG2T3U1_CcuTQ/s320/20220917_073130.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking south...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgme5vDuhQqHQ3N_bN-leujxy6CouMrqlwBCEu9aEZ1e-1Pyt1hJinL16BrRqxsSKOD3-NHrwqkONR4i6AAuxhy2nvuKPi9u3m8NDwbkvz7eHxHeUrZvE5YJf3uirN0GhVZ63kasJvQWruwyXpMEN0Csqp5LehUtB9DkJWcZhpBqOEM0z8jDmswz09VxA/s4000/20220917_074543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgme5vDuhQqHQ3N_bN-leujxy6CouMrqlwBCEu9aEZ1e-1Pyt1hJinL16BrRqxsSKOD3-NHrwqkONR4i6AAuxhy2nvuKPi9u3m8NDwbkvz7eHxHeUrZvE5YJf3uirN0GhVZ63kasJvQWruwyXpMEN0Csqp5LehUtB9DkJWcZhpBqOEM0z8jDmswz09VxA/s320/20220917_074543.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My rule on the beach is that if plastic and I make eye contact, I have to pick it up. Most of the trash I encountered this time was limited to the road toward the ferry dock at the north end of the island. I'm not sure it's correct to call this a "bright side," but generally the beach provides clean, empty plastic bags along with the rest of the trash, so after I deposited my heading-north trash in the restroom garbage can, the beach said "hey, here's another bag for the return trip."<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgig7uV2Z9i3zUUgILGaBSs_PHP_9A7RtgLEZyJAkGgyTpgCFjC3x_cTpusKUm-Lq2EE_8OHxi0ZzWfrLahtONfTPwvOVL2gX6yejb5tmKIRo0TGWLrF1AXmh5ggY7t-8ZB2CtLCBJskliqrc4nS70-ZoBaFLFWewoMMD8eXTkHx8wOPjxX8pwF4wXNtg/s4000/20220917_083947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgig7uV2Z9i3zUUgILGaBSs_PHP_9A7RtgLEZyJAkGgyTpgCFjC3x_cTpusKUm-Lq2EE_8OHxi0ZzWfrLahtONfTPwvOVL2gX6yejb5tmKIRo0TGWLrF1AXmh5ggY7t-8ZB2CtLCBJskliqrc4nS70-ZoBaFLFWewoMMD8eXTkHx8wOPjxX8pwF4wXNtg/s320/20220917_083947.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One less straw to get stuck in a sea turtle's schnozz, and one <br />less plastic bag to be mistaken for a jellyfish, at least for now. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrsSAJmFL3oWBQ9MaoDKQY6R5w9su2n-IcZtobchHWFA7BJytzwZUo7_Dmdio-JzunpIwvjGy1dGemcG8OkagOuCkvIy0gzeblmNnuSoD8XF-zmwYsWxqLC-LsetUZ-RMBFVhMKS8q4dd9-RgJ0cYZmcjC-Nixcfphm6My9x-73wKQEQbyqTM3b9Ngw/s4000/20220917_084927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrsSAJmFL3oWBQ9MaoDKQY6R5w9su2n-IcZtobchHWFA7BJytzwZUo7_Dmdio-JzunpIwvjGy1dGemcG8OkagOuCkvIy0gzeblmNnuSoD8XF-zmwYsWxqLC-LsetUZ-RMBFVhMKS8q4dd9-RgJ0cYZmcjC-Nixcfphm6My9x-73wKQEQbyqTM3b9Ngw/s320/20220917_084927.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hope springs eternal</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>I started my walk north at low tide. I finished the last stretch--south from Pony Pen to Ramp 67 and back again--near high tide, which meant less traction and steeper sloping beach. It. Was. A. Slog. But that slog meant I had covered almost the entire length of the island twice in two days. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFWsIwXebByTjp2velk5GhVnnrz1REeeUPbRhFH_qKhC_Qey47ouMSuN05vyypUrHIY1AvnHcg2uOSpqH_FN9qwMohLPQxkauHmJ1DfdJJlWldbPYkYcscheYa5iPQcNgseNEQyUUNsuqu9aglwPtpy-7oLJ7tlHtzgZ7cyzN12hme5w0qYoSe3rYDg/s4000/20220917_100759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFWsIwXebByTjp2velk5GhVnnrz1REeeUPbRhFH_qKhC_Qey47ouMSuN05vyypUrHIY1AvnHcg2uOSpqH_FN9qwMohLPQxkauHmJ1DfdJJlWldbPYkYcscheYa5iPQcNgseNEQyUUNsuqu9aglwPtpy-7oLJ7tlHtzgZ7cyzN12hme5w0qYoSe3rYDg/s320/20220917_100759.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>All that was left was the southern end on...</div><div><br /></div><div>Sunday morning (mostly non-MST):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUouwJGj6q8FW2B-RBwqQ6p3o199NkePWTBTEeKHuwW-ocTbi5d-NTK47XM91mXj84PHyVFY-_Q_GUUBP8sz_Ij52duqw5dAl-5P75ciWfIkkBeyttsGOZclY5LvwRJRlid8k383f57EKQ4V4p5dKDTG_GtPfXBXWxk7_duw1aqV9dxLg8Wu5wv8XAVw/s4000/20220918_080102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUouwJGj6q8FW2B-RBwqQ6p3o199NkePWTBTEeKHuwW-ocTbi5d-NTK47XM91mXj84PHyVFY-_Q_GUUBP8sz_Ij52duqw5dAl-5P75ciWfIkkBeyttsGOZclY5LvwRJRlid8k383f57EKQ4V4p5dKDTG_GtPfXBXWxk7_duw1aqV9dxLg8Wu5wv8XAVw/s320/20220918_080102.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>South end of Ocracoke: ocean to the left, sound to the right:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNL9jVupGqdyMegMgpG76gp5oX6aKisrXlIJvfkeAzioPLC5paPiJw8pKz2c_M5FVtzI-_65K5Hok4pLOamRlrdGZv73CIcazOZSj_nIAF7v-qcTfNj7py-TluQw4wdMJ7z_Rgtj30Fvmchkj9MB84bs-InQHkEJSJqdZyBjh8wbt-ow0b1jCAen8SSQ/s4000/20220918_082527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNL9jVupGqdyMegMgpG76gp5oX6aKisrXlIJvfkeAzioPLC5paPiJw8pKz2c_M5FVtzI-_65K5Hok4pLOamRlrdGZv73CIcazOZSj_nIAF7v-qcTfNj7py-TluQw4wdMJ7z_Rgtj30Fvmchkj9MB84bs-InQHkEJSJqdZyBjh8wbt-ow0b1jCAen8SSQ/s320/20220918_082527.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I found a few whole, fuzzy, unbleached sand dollars too:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEwwV6j2BGmZYJWKlbk4tTxBttJPkzRIiwdigmdZmR78fYmUJMVRR57OmUhDAL1EuILGlKQMGqAf3T1GddWlfP5y3isYBToI9KxWQkeoTGwHj9Ot4S2NTQ9e8hM-20xNllRevLGIMjlPweJDu18gspbQ6iOscphrpdciI8GS0eRcJZ2w5iWn0-t1FVQ/s4000/20220918_083244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEwwV6j2BGmZYJWKlbk4tTxBttJPkzRIiwdigmdZmR78fYmUJMVRR57OmUhDAL1EuILGlKQMGqAf3T1GddWlfP5y3isYBToI9KxWQkeoTGwHj9Ot4S2NTQ9e8hM-20xNllRevLGIMjlPweJDu18gspbQ6iOscphrpdciI8GS0eRcJZ2w5iWn0-t1FVQ/s320/20220918_083244.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>If you can't tell by now, I'm a fan of reflections:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1004" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2LcO-tNLIHh9_wrMQtabupwajnvLGQw2zRFcawkoATq0Nv9Jy4LUmK5CDx7EQT4PU9NoMyHE67-d4JsjQoJ7MSH3uEcwqqQtTT3Kq_haTtRuXOooDAUbwU--194zrTRiLowAZRl6dbmCBv2ZMybmXdVq4u4R5jOXkUtpGdl7GaNfuPkI0Yrxp8gmsJg/s320/20220918_092640.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Sunday afternoon (back to MST):</div><div><br /></div><div>The beach colors on Hatteras were noticeably different from the beach colors on Ocracoke, at least for the mile south of Ramp 27, where I decided to take a break from driving.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvei2rozM4hqIn3Q6KPkiqC5FDGWelRXT7T9EeD_W5KZ8EG2muPRBhrUHdff4VYiK0JY8RhP_jAPcLpwXHIWjlVMdvEBqYqIGDmotJk7_cDDoFC-F9S97QpjcSiUVedn_v2mLuZBrw1Dhx8KkeDuJj_2ooSnasVWtpbujQyEGaXPbrjWqcSjymj3_H1Q/s3920/20220918_145543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3920" data-original-width="2940" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvei2rozM4hqIn3Q6KPkiqC5FDGWelRXT7T9EeD_W5KZ8EG2muPRBhrUHdff4VYiK0JY8RhP_jAPcLpwXHIWjlVMdvEBqYqIGDmotJk7_cDDoFC-F9S97QpjcSiUVedn_v2mLuZBrw1Dhx8KkeDuJj_2ooSnasVWtpbujQyEGaXPbrjWqcSjymj3_H1Q/s320/20220918_145543.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Near Ramp 27, I encountered the remains of the George A. Kohler, built in 1919, wrecked in 1933. A history of the ship is <a href="https://www.carolinadesigns.com/obx-guide/history/shipwrecks/george-a-kohler/">here</a>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaMKjBlJFAc3H9RysFuHuplaj9RPGJz1-vwSTOPymqbDP2CPATQgUGdaASBOXWvmXB6QiaM-fjhRvx07Dv77GI7Lg5DliSQX86-cddf1Okcc9d2Il6hoHFIpGGKNpEyktWyYHFZxd8uO1HhFguxFE9paeUagKXygjYIHPYe0BJPAl4oB2TSpwBesd_w/s4000/20220918_150533.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaMKjBlJFAc3H9RysFuHuplaj9RPGJz1-vwSTOPymqbDP2CPATQgUGdaASBOXWvmXB6QiaM-fjhRvx07Dv77GI7Lg5DliSQX86-cddf1Okcc9d2Il6hoHFIpGGKNpEyktWyYHFZxd8uO1HhFguxFE9paeUagKXygjYIHPYe0BJPAl4oB2TSpwBesd_w/s320/20220918_150533.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9prSSHBOao3nL-PcEUDLodclXpLj2t0JVypyaigL1JTCfmwJLw2zITpeszZbQcb3rvcKP1oWH3NGGdC2JvS9TeoL_Kw3JPhG-GxDoYSMhsh_YWZ5dcjWWt1EqtPg4kzGSUTKX5CJ5ST7olYGwFwMKgHTpy6rIeC5oz3A2E4as10jdo0jMO18g3P4acg/s3910/20220918_150643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3910" data-original-width="2932" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9prSSHBOao3nL-PcEUDLodclXpLj2t0JVypyaigL1JTCfmwJLw2zITpeszZbQcb3rvcKP1oWH3NGGdC2JvS9TeoL_Kw3JPhG-GxDoYSMhsh_YWZ5dcjWWt1EqtPg4kzGSUTKX5CJ5ST7olYGwFwMKgHTpy6rIeC5oz3A2E4as10jdo0jMO18g3P4acg/s320/20220918_150643.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nSzR_8pxZFKOz6RLVn-IfXGGvXGWFSGT85JVVmSiS4pvxCKyyMkqYBkzVtDAUj89rvAI5crOIzL_d0xkue-e_YH1szB86gD9Q8Gsan1WqTlee82nFnAjUjfN9rzyRRJRgbO7jbeLPZ2Qvb2gtEZG56Bgy_IgijOXUOzIi_ACFOY7BrLtSKhaD4IwKg/s4000/20220918_152536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nSzR_8pxZFKOz6RLVn-IfXGGvXGWFSGT85JVVmSiS4pvxCKyyMkqYBkzVtDAUj89rvAI5crOIzL_d0xkue-e_YH1szB86gD9Q8Gsan1WqTlee82nFnAjUjfN9rzyRRJRgbO7jbeLPZ2Qvb2gtEZG56Bgy_IgijOXUOzIi_ACFOY7BrLtSKhaD4IwKg/s320/20220918_152536.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More orange-browns than on Ocracoke</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Part III: "Mountains," Saturday September 24</b></p><p>By the end of my Ocracoke trip, I had reached the 45-mile goal and then some, but had only covered the "Sea" and "to" parts of the trail (poor Eno River, reduced to a preposition!). So yesterday, S and I drove west to Doughton Recreation Area for a 12.5 mile "Mountains" out-and-back hike. The forecast was "partly sunny" with a 10% chance of rain; thus we learned about mountain micro-climates, and were grateful we had both brought rain jackets with us.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkppiONLBDRhwgwldjZ2axrF3BT3cnivu1kMr2Gz_o_Y1KEuc5isv-d1cY3mnEa8v5Y08PXSpIYaKlgbl_wx3o8SVCQQZdVzPiZlpi6i4g9Am7g21vWHvE1oQkgczXeFES3xKXq9Rx9NA-GI_M2U-DDO3271acP-NrKeRQxXatKXV2o7NzC7T9Nij9Q/s2992/20220924_114020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkppiONLBDRhwgwldjZ2axrF3BT3cnivu1kMr2Gz_o_Y1KEuc5isv-d1cY3mnEa8v5Y08PXSpIYaKlgbl_wx3o8SVCQQZdVzPiZlpi6i4g9Am7g21vWHvE1oQkgczXeFES3xKXq9Rx9NA-GI_M2U-DDO3271acP-NrKeRQxXatKXV2o7NzC7T9Nij9Q/s320/20220924_114020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Of all the stretches of MST I hiked this month, the stretch in Doughton Recreation Area was by far the best marked:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIkaaZoYKB700iFUUkE6OtNJ2CDS0TrTzY633eMaBfeC9exmE2Uogj-3VC8PrxmO9I_hjuEh3_ssn0cMgRVcov4arK9denPcloA1CNCM0RbOQQqqDDqKmwLo3m1CcXE0QZ6_ZX_9fVAQ6HcoJ0r5x50wIory5M9PCt9qzycvLdukzNIOM0aNY1HINrA/s2992/20220924_114155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIkaaZoYKB700iFUUkE6OtNJ2CDS0TrTzY633eMaBfeC9exmE2Uogj-3VC8PrxmO9I_hjuEh3_ssn0cMgRVcov4arK9denPcloA1CNCM0RbOQQqqDDqKmwLo3m1CcXE0QZ6_ZX_9fVAQ6HcoJ0r5x50wIory5M9PCt9qzycvLdukzNIOM0aNY1HINrA/s320/20220924_114155.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrFKrVRiOvH_oy6BkMqJNKInbU-7a2JStC4XSt-6_b4Q1FmO-sPV14o1XGtkOCLBwxZIqwWJ03P1wFGyI-NIS2QkC6tGYYjGqorseHjMAvh-AEY7hNL6Wu829BR4I8SQs2YQ-ZdDFqyadT0XI2ZzRLNBIscQxzCxUmoEkQ9wEjfrr25Jy816tbbwdSw/s2992/20220924_114359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrFKrVRiOvH_oy6BkMqJNKInbU-7a2JStC4XSt-6_b4Q1FmO-sPV14o1XGtkOCLBwxZIqwWJ03P1wFGyI-NIS2QkC6tGYYjGqorseHjMAvh-AEY7hNL6Wu829BR4I8SQs2YQ-ZdDFqyadT0XI2ZzRLNBIscQxzCxUmoEkQ9wEjfrr25Jy816tbbwdSw/s320/20220924_114359.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Given enough time, trees will eat anything:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSglTj2w1Ab1r7F1uGA8d-MIGseemFfcjPSkySfHUtQJyU7lRxAtAxzxl1ax_ua9qJQiO2mND8-isOeroWkGPZVhXqHhtLLXcGsY5Obi7UuHkWARJKamZd23vb1WNWMu8oaiqu0ZSn6hqcjHiz88zEgXFZNsIADrblQAP6v_a_-YM5E3drCaZWzhuujw/s4000/20220924_115921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSglTj2w1Ab1r7F1uGA8d-MIGseemFfcjPSkySfHUtQJyU7lRxAtAxzxl1ax_ua9qJQiO2mND8-isOeroWkGPZVhXqHhtLLXcGsY5Obi7UuHkWARJKamZd23vb1WNWMu8oaiqu0ZSn6hqcjHiz88zEgXFZNsIADrblQAP6v_a_-YM5E3drCaZWzhuujw/s320/20220924_115921.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Autumn! Lots of yellow leaves on the ground, but not many red ones yet...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6g7kUhqEEx07ci0KkWMzDDxyXTx90bpQgb1kdFbA-Is-XJFuzI4EP1KBvvzYVNV_QjWyDFd9dnvoEuiuS5erHQVVBeGrX3qTQsWlOtb6aji3laz31aqfvkq1iuJ8_JG3UOTGS7ZtSuQ3f0QHdwSV1PuyJ5P7DiuFM4jo2-inhCcQOQ14l-TwY349RA/s2996/20220924_121924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2996" data-original-width="2996" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6g7kUhqEEx07ci0KkWMzDDxyXTx90bpQgb1kdFbA-Is-XJFuzI4EP1KBvvzYVNV_QjWyDFd9dnvoEuiuS5erHQVVBeGrX3qTQsWlOtb6aji3laz31aqfvkq1iuJ8_JG3UOTGS7ZtSuQ3f0QHdwSV1PuyJ5P7DiuFM4jo2-inhCcQOQ14l-TwY349RA/s320/20220924_121924.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.nps.gov/articles/550138.htm#4/34.45/-98.53">Brinegar cabin</a> (built 1880) interpretive exhibit:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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At the time, I gave it enough of a try to realize it was harder than I thought it would be, and then I forgot about it for the next 2.5 decades.</p><p>Gentle readers, I'm pleased to announce that I finally realized this goal this past Sunday on a roadtrip from Ocracoke to Durham. Am I a better person for it? Oh, probably.</p><p>Because I think everyone should want to be able to recite the alphabet backwards, I share my strategy below.</p><p>The effort began a week ago while I was out for a jog. I don't jog often, but when I do, I tend to think my most articulate, most brilliant thoughts, interspersed with long stretches of counting to 100 over and over and over again. I usually count in triple meter, so I can keep track of which set of 100 I'm on by noticing where the accents fall and paying attention to whether those numbers are divisible by three or have a remainder of 1 or 2. I can't explain why I do this, I just do.</p><p>I am consequently very experienced at counting while running. </p><p>For backwards alphabetting, my grad school compatriot had recommended starting by reciting a number alongside each letter: 1A, 2B, 3C, 4D, 5E, etc. So I practiced that for a while. Then I switched things up and practiced A1, B2, C3, D4, E5, etc.</p><p>I discovered some handy mnemonics <i>en route. </i>Eight eight-ch (8H). Twen-tee tee. V is 22--because there are two branches in the letter. W is 23--because if you tip a W on its side, it looks like the numeral 3. X is 24--because it depicts four quadrants. G is 7 and Q is 17--because the European way of writing the number 7 has a horizontal crossbar across the diagonal line, and the serif on a capital G and the tail of the Q are kind of like crossbars.</p><p>Even though I count in threes when I jog, in the US we learn the alphabet in quadruple meter, so I counted letters in groups of four. I memorized the letters divisible by 4, so I had landmarks with which to recognize if I had gotten off track: D4, H8, L12, P16, T20, X24. </p><p>Then I tried putting the accents on the downbeats of groups of four letters, and discovered something I had never noticed before about vowels: A1, E5, I9, M13, Q17, U21, Y25. You might be thinking "yo, M and Q are not vowels"--but I'll note that the only vowel missing from the list, O (15), is the average of M (13) and Q (17). Nifty.</p><p>Four days later, while roadtripping on Sunday, I worked on counting down from 26Z to 1A. Other than repeatedly getting the order VU wrong and occasionally forgetting to include G, this didn't take long to learn. And then it was time to drop the numbers.</p><p>I blame the Alphabet Song for making it so hard to recite the alphabet backwards: we learn the letters in the direction A to Z, reinforce that order with a melody, and there's no going back[wards]. So to combat Alphabet-Song indoctrination, the next step was obviously to set the backwards alphabet to music (click image to enlarge):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pidhGm32JMyFoj0oc38sAjvEN5tqvQ-dn7i8kRHxtqf6PRbN072bl-MboYB30GwYPJyam-bK9kVGt-Rr8DWYQfhYrVbeiOrbDoOuHqdLGVo4BQczZ3-HuAVq4a3bSEiRUajkbtlljNwhwaD4jWqpqXyVNgOhkNUB1Of3DVWjwaIOdW2JmAci_IVdvw/s1424/Screenshot%20(269).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="1424" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pidhGm32JMyFoj0oc38sAjvEN5tqvQ-dn7i8kRHxtqf6PRbN072bl-MboYB30GwYPJyam-bK9kVGt-Rr8DWYQfhYrVbeiOrbDoOuHqdLGVo4BQczZ3-HuAVq4a3bSEiRUajkbtlljNwhwaD4jWqpqXyVNgOhkNUB1Of3DVWjwaIOdW2JmAci_IVdvw/s320/Screenshot%20(269).png" width="320" /></a></div><div>Naturally, I sang this a few dozen times, and the ending made me laugh a every time, which made the miles pass more quickly.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then I wondered whether the tempo of Mozart's <i>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</i> might be too quick for those newer to backwards-alphabetting; perhaps a slower melody would be more helpful. It needed to be something familiar, a tune most USAmericans would know... and suddenly I thought of my friend <a href="https://wadlstrumpf.blogspot.com/2022/08/beyond-maximiliansweg-day-8-konigssee.html">Leslie, who found herself in Salzburg this summer on a bus full of <i>Sound of Music</i> fans</a> who nostalgically burst into song. The choice of melody was immediately clear (click to enlarge):</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg05bxB8M3l_K7UYVSqT9YQa4u3e_fFytjF8a1FhmAHZzkJOQRqT59hFILlNPQoTv2eQNh2wWOCeuJPXtwEIFHaEji9D2SrSJwyvLEJGdgTHdFShoeycNO26uMyIXzhWiU_Df_SVtJHUktKWGvOhQh9Oxy4cfmGiIcm0Ab3tfHS8F61VkqjqVHSg9P3QQ/s1438/Screenshot%20(273).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1438" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg05bxB8M3l_K7UYVSqT9YQa4u3e_fFytjF8a1FhmAHZzkJOQRqT59hFILlNPQoTv2eQNh2wWOCeuJPXtwEIFHaEji9D2SrSJwyvLEJGdgTHdFShoeycNO26uMyIXzhWiU_Df_SVtJHUktKWGvOhQh9Oxy4cfmGiIcm0Ab3tfHS8F61VkqjqVHSg9P3QQ/s320/Screenshot%20(273).png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I regret that I didn't start working on this when E was little, so he could have grown up singing ZYX, but maybe I'll cross paths with a bunch of musically thirsty toddlers someday.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Those of you who know more about rock music and Googling than I do probably know <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7AsEsy27HA">They Might Be Giants has already addressed this crucial issue</a>. (Still, I think <i>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik </i>and <i>Edelweiss </i>offer less mournful melodies.)</div>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-23177625848432906892022-08-29T15:13:00.007-04:002022-09-02T14:42:55.175-04:00Annotated bibliographyLate last year into early this year, I co-wrote an article with two other Mathemalchemists, Susan Goldstine and Henry Segerman. A playful narrative romp through the Mathemalchemy project, <a href="https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202207/rnoti-p1220.pdf?adat=August%202022&trk=2515&cat=interest&galt=none">Ars Mathemalchemica: From Math to Art and Back Again</a> appears in the August 2022 issue of <i>Notices of the American Mathematical Society</i>.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2nrRNC109ClZ983Byj7jrE7JxPIVkf6itc4S6R9yq1yxH2WinVV6YBsrBhfiV98la6UHyZBBrc9VWRs2247Sk9-S4DWYE37TGXfs30FSppSaeDRKzmcsAU2tejdwVUd4WdeI1p7zqc64dp0nCMP1cPL8XvVL0-H0EuuRTi9RShkr8Jxz8STbpyRbKw/s986/Screenshot%20(221).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="760" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2nrRNC109ClZ983Byj7jrE7JxPIVkf6itc4S6R9yq1yxH2WinVV6YBsrBhfiV98la6UHyZBBrc9VWRs2247Sk9-S4DWYE37TGXfs30FSppSaeDRKzmcsAU2tejdwVUd4WdeI1p7zqc64dp0nCMP1cPL8XvVL0-H0EuuRTi9RShkr8Jxz8STbpyRbKw/s320/Screenshot%20(221).png" width="247" /></a></div><div><br /></div><p class="MsoPlainText"></p><ul style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></ul><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">My bibliography amuses me. I don't publish often, but I do get around.</div><p class="MsoPlainText"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Goldstine,
S., Paley, E., and Segerman, H. “<a href="https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202207/rnoti-p1220.pdf?adat=August%202022&trk=2515&cat=interest&galt=none">Ars Mathemalchemica: From Art to Math and Back Again.</a>” </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Notices of the American
Mathematical Society</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">. August 2022.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">“<a href="https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/pottery-making-illustrated/pottery-making-illustrated-issue/nov-dec-2021">Light and Shadow</a>.” <i>Pottery Making Illustrated</i>
(November/December 2021). </span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">“<a href="https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/pottery-making-illustrated/pottery-making-illustrated-article/Raiding-the-Kitchen#">Raiding the Kitchen</a>.” <i>Pottery Making Illustrated</i>
(July/August 2021). </span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">“<a href="https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/526/worship">Worship</a>.”
</span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Sun Magazine</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">, Readers Write
(October 2019), name withheld. </span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Can you find me? Hint: I'm the church musician who's destroying the world.</span></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>“<a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/1/blog/post/edit/7030427154852853760/2317762584843290689#">Thinking like a Pianist/Mathematician/Potter-Designer: Strategies for Tuning Ocarinas.</a>” <i>Proceedings of Bridges 2015: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture</i> (2015), 559–562.</li><ul><li>Want to learn how to make an ocarina on which you can play a diatonic scale? This mathy article is for you.</li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>“Schumann’s Dramatic Choral and Stage Works.” In <i>The Cambridge Companion to Schumann</i>,
2007.</li><ul><li>This is the article about which a well-meaning colleague advised, "you know, to get tenure, you can't just publish in popular venues--you have to do <i>solid</i> research." While I'm sure many people have a copy of this popular book on their shelf--I do, don't you?--the suggestion that my research would be more valuable if it appealed to fewer people was one more reason to quit academia. I think the chapter is both solid <i>and </i>an interesting read--reviewers thought it was too--and I still stand by my reasoning for excluding Schumann's <i>Szenen aus Goethes Faust</i>.</li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>A <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">series on leaving academia for </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The
Chronicle of Higher Education </i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">under the pseudonym Catherine Evans:</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Giving
Up a Good Thing,” 4 April 2003, </span><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Giving-Up-a-Good-Thing/45138/" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">http://chronicle.com/article/Giving-Up-a-Good-Thing/45138/</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">“So
Why Are You Really Leaving?” 6 May 2003, </span><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/So-Why-Are-You-Really-Leaving-/45203/" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">http://chronicle.com/article/So-Why-Are-You-Really-Leaving-/45203/</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Cappuccino
Dreams,” 19 September 2003, </span><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Cappuccino-Dreams/45308/" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">http://chronicle.com/article/Cappuccino-Dreams/45308/</span></a></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>An advice columnist at the <i>Chronicle </i>named me Catherine Evans; I had written to her asking how to politely quit. Oh, what a young thang I was, trying not to burn bridges. She also turned me from a Music Theorist into an Art Historian. I was nonetheless still worried about being recognized, so I downplayed certain issues that, in retrospect, I shouldn't have downplayed. Or maybe I should have. I'll just note here that five years after I changed careers, I ran into a grad student who inquired whether I "worked outside the home," and fifteen years after changing careers, I ran into a colleague who bemoaned that yet another of his very few female colleagues had just up and quit, "and she doesn't even have a husband to support her like you did." What's wrong with women, eh? </li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>“<i>Zwischenreden für Zwischenakte</i>:
<i>Egmont</i> and the Melodramatic
Supplement.” <i>South Atlantic Quarterly</i>,
2005.</li><ul><li><a href="https://geekpots.com/light-and-shadow/">Derrida's "logic of the supplement" has stuck with me all the way into pottery</a>, so that's something.</li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>“The
Power of No.” <i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Big Apple Parent</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">, August 2003, p. 117.</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I wrote a lot of stories about E when he was wee, and I got this one published. Of course, I told no one about it, since it would have counted against tenure, and I have no idea if anyone even in New York read it.</span></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>“‘The Voice Which Was My Music’: Narrative and Nonnarrative
Musical Discourse in Schumann’s <i>Manfred</i>.”
<i>19th-Century Music</i> 24/1 (Summer
2000): 3-20.</li><ul><li>My first article post grad school, published in one of my favorite journals. Schumann's music for <i>Manfred </i>is some of the creepiest music ever. I used to play the music for the conjuration of Manfred's deceased beloved Astarte on the organ with all of the lights off except the ones in the organ loft, and it was pretty trippy.</li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>“Narratives of ‘Incidental’ Music in German Romantic Theater.”
Ph.D. dissertation, University of Wisconsin, 1998.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Paley, E.S., Low,
F.J., McGraw, J.T., Cutri, R., and Rix, H.-W. “An Infrared/Optical
Investigation of 100 Micron ‘Cirrus.’” </span><i style="text-indent: 0in;">The
Astrophysical Journal</i><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> 376 (20 July 1991): 335–341.</span></li><ul><li>Interstellar gas and dust are cold.</li></ul></ul><p class="MsoList"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoList" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p></p>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-25652544168948717552022-06-16T06:40:00.001-04:002022-06-16T06:40:27.981-04:00A step toward Wikipedia<p><a href="https://mathemalchemy.org">Mathemalchemy</a> now has its very own <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathemalchemy">page in Wikipedia</a>, thanks to the efforts of some of the Mathemalchemists and a Wikipedia editor. </p><p>I am the copyright holder of one of the photos the authors want to include in the article, and Wikipedia has very specific rules about how copyright permission to use photos is granted--which is surely a sensible thing and prevents a lot of lawsuits. One of those rules is that the photograph has to have a URL on the interwebs. So I'm creating one by putting the photo right here:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-eQW07DQvAXZ0hLW0KMG0tnJikxX5awrbQdUSU-yy3gpGpSaj1uoYHrI9KQHFQVzu4KCB0KgSFePDqb9gcHs3PHYbST84xJ2NuJOto49jbd8c9KuQ9nHNK5ccFRoTuDWFPYNN9h9VAiDi7gUtwklkNYzbL47fv1ymbyLPMlDdfO-TU6NAZAfeHie_w/s7049/Uinta%20and%20Durango%20Pickle%20Prime%2020211105_100431%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3652" data-original-width="7049" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-eQW07DQvAXZ0hLW0KMG0tnJikxX5awrbQdUSU-yy3gpGpSaj1uoYHrI9KQHFQVzu4KCB0KgSFePDqb9gcHs3PHYbST84xJ2NuJOto49jbd8c9KuQ9nHNK5ccFRoTuDWFPYNN9h9VAiDi7gUtwklkNYzbL47fv1ymbyLPMlDdfO-TU6NAZAfeHie_w/s320/Uinta%20and%20Durango%20Pickle%20Prime%2020211105_100431%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Ta da! There are additional steps in this process, but this is the first one needed to get this ball rolling. Look for these two charming chipmunks on Wikipedia soon.</p>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-77317105348248349052022-03-18T00:14:00.001-04:002022-03-18T00:30:47.154-04:00Utah photo dump 7: the acrophobe's lament, two more arches, the lay of the land, one more slot canyon, goblins, and our Top Three<p>Day 15: Moab to Green River</p><p>If you are acrophobic, do not try to hike <a href="https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/utah/fisher-towers-trail">Fisher Towers</a> on a cold, fiercely windy day. We made it almost all the way to the end of the trail, but some tears may have been shed coming back down.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi2ZRTvnsh73EASoewquQRHp5TQzPLtt1mEka6p9k8g6-Gv-hIs-HxTdvE-LvUZO9xUB5R7oQd75Iy6WEkzr5wYnP8ximBm8aZR9e8xZrUfmpNaN7ChziL4Q8IFMMcs4Ss_oYdlRtVgJ9vm-80JmWf7kytj64YCil3wixmtBuFNJNG6Nj6XFzLUvQHdg=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi2ZRTvnsh73EASoewquQRHp5TQzPLtt1mEka6p9k8g6-Gv-hIs-HxTdvE-LvUZO9xUB5R7oQd75Iy6WEkzr5wYnP8ximBm8aZR9e8xZrUfmpNaN7ChziL4Q8IFMMcs4Ss_oYdlRtVgJ9vm-80JmWf7kytj64YCil3wixmtBuFNJNG6Nj6XFzLUvQHdg=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View across the valley from the trailhead. Lovely day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuVtxs-fvlh9U3uUFbEzWwa248ADAWUpLl0kE-htlmMcQ53M2VfQD5k0j7KHZ-6KeEMIbcqmSKuNOTP7I944bw0hT0QNGMiBRO3jbXHjDUuhq_T2NwojImuiaMatiPqrPKB8mIt3ZoOqQQn17Vk1iBS1xSvNQCOgI3fsgfPNWMeNoWtzSrLLmA9pORow=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuVtxs-fvlh9U3uUFbEzWwa248ADAWUpLl0kE-htlmMcQ53M2VfQD5k0j7KHZ-6KeEMIbcqmSKuNOTP7I944bw0hT0QNGMiBRO3jbXHjDUuhq_T2NwojImuiaMatiPqrPKB8mIt3ZoOqQQn17Vk1iBS1xSvNQCOgI3fsgfPNWMeNoWtzSrLLmA9pORow=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view across the valley.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVinkFCdYZZgnd4z4jLn8L8PzC7pv5_7v_0KHuV6mhNInaloR92mLkO-HchBRYuRS0HvqvjaZcJ55bNUrY62_eH1TQvbxsB7SIQTfoUh_rDNUyii02of59AgVH1jJeZVBbfsqh8SsjhTUJt_199nfSFO4KVccOBceTtUtFmAgoj_ZorowzBofe2hV3eg=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVinkFCdYZZgnd4z4jLn8L8PzC7pv5_7v_0KHuV6mhNInaloR92mLkO-HchBRYuRS0HvqvjaZcJ55bNUrY62_eH1TQvbxsB7SIQTfoUh_rDNUyii02of59AgVH1jJeZVBbfsqh8SsjhTUJt_199nfSFO4KVccOBceTtUtFmAgoj_ZorowzBofe2hV3eg=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hiking up...</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQYbJGSguzNg0E6a1I38L1W3OEtsO9s9iMSqAMI713Rg2gE_RGX3oC9V1B7mwUiDOU_M4WXGSrWXpNEYqiYzUGPY4elDKPKERB0Favy66Fne8kRJtrexaPfRnVwOgEJfAA8H0dNxMRI0ndmyZ0rRVM1mQYnT-QJZ1wWuj3-Vetusz8hrtIvekdLeoZ_Q=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQYbJGSguzNg0E6a1I38L1W3OEtsO9s9iMSqAMI713Rg2gE_RGX3oC9V1B7mwUiDOU_M4WXGSrWXpNEYqiYzUGPY4elDKPKERB0Favy66Fne8kRJtrexaPfRnVwOgEJfAA8H0dNxMRI0ndmyZ0rRVM1mQYnT-QJZ1wWuj3-Vetusz8hrtIvekdLeoZ_Q=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and up</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfDG7lj00IFjY5y7G-wKwhYu4PZCDauWJOqQTvFPR1K4bHq8GxCequptc94bEppunP6qEf1wdl_3bnEANQTcTpaIgjGvHSkc4HQaWDoAx3QnFO176QqGAe2KIr2TnH5FRhqeiLAmU24jCcHwClPKSFftoU-GVP6oI2aRsHbLigXBemcR2iRYCiqNgCHw=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfDG7lj00IFjY5y7G-wKwhYu4PZCDauWJOqQTvFPR1K4bHq8GxCequptc94bEppunP6qEf1wdl_3bnEANQTcTpaIgjGvHSkc4HQaWDoAx3QnFO176QqGAe2KIr2TnH5FRhqeiLAmU24jCcHwClPKSFftoU-GVP6oI2aRsHbLigXBemcR2iRYCiqNgCHw=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and down this 8-foot ladder...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOuqTmNhy51PI2g2N4GGgndls6mAtruiAVpWWDzYAnzKkzI_Y6ARlGdnpIezYOKt5qyxV9YeoJgcNowMzKzJhAU1-17jRCgc5U9D86L9j5dvLp1Z3rP4VUHH_sRQIQv0mzPA-GFM4ZXtzxOWz21q0ss0dbId7nJcxACWpnvf1p7EZyOTIAZLqGVeVcNQ=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOuqTmNhy51PI2g2N4GGgndls6mAtruiAVpWWDzYAnzKkzI_Y6ARlGdnpIezYOKt5qyxV9YeoJgcNowMzKzJhAU1-17jRCgc5U9D86L9j5dvLp1Z3rP4VUHH_sRQIQv0mzPA-GFM4ZXtzxOWz21q0ss0dbId7nJcxACWpnvf1p7EZyOTIAZLqGVeVcNQ=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's a section on ladders in the Rules of Acrophobia.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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The reef straight ahead <br />is the edge of Arches National Park.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Next hike: <a href="https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/utah/corona-and-bowtie-arch-trail">Corona and Bowtie Arch Trail</a>. Although it involves arches, this trail is west of Moab, outside of Arches National Park. Corona Arch is spectacular: 105 feet high, 140 feet wide. There were some challenges for the acrophobe, but slickrock is much grippier than the crumbly Moenkopi sandstone of Fisher Towers, the ledges were much wider, and the sun was out. Plus there was a cheerful fairy godmother offering how-to-get-down advice at the trickiest spots to get down, which helped too.<div> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqNeh_-6a6pXvjlWmshuYn1V1LTXBl2uILQRUBgxDjEKld1DEzJJC29-6C-K57BQ5k_9bvPEPDL6ImbzZunbjJ1iiCTf7QvuZRRg3rrJW3LT9JoyL8j-VoqAnMDWZCcoEixC88bM2KlZBXXQdKqfMVuC7MvHxTqUZk-19ZBieUWgsOq0KNGORr1OdpSA=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqNeh_-6a6pXvjlWmshuYn1V1LTXBl2uILQRUBgxDjEKld1DEzJJC29-6C-K57BQ5k_9bvPEPDL6ImbzZunbjJ1iiCTf7QvuZRRg3rrJW3LT9JoyL8j-VoqAnMDWZCcoEixC88bM2KlZBXXQdKqfMVuC7MvHxTqUZk-19ZBieUWgsOq0KNGORr1OdpSA=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Petroglyphs on the road to the trailhead</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0ME_wXTNGeZ4PFkqFa37t4IQdoMnPqbtF8sNaVGtkFZ0NlKOdcUMPmG2pkG5n_xLWpGJpW12pzYwePAJGCyTkTHz-IcWkXsa9g4n67Nd1HrTclrdjCxCSp9vt9kRVJpFP8nEvvV5ebRTMK-0Mq6xFL39WgHySP_IxMTlcLEHkTn5z8-kc7GQYLjyOxg=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0ME_wXTNGeZ4PFkqFa37t4IQdoMnPqbtF8sNaVGtkFZ0NlKOdcUMPmG2pkG5n_xLWpGJpW12pzYwePAJGCyTkTHz-IcWkXsa9g4n67Nd1HrTclrdjCxCSp9vt9kRVJpFP8nEvvV5ebRTMK-0Mq6xFL39WgHySP_IxMTlcLEHkTn5z8-kc7GQYLjyOxg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnsfVFFb3mheWdPHfyYMbh8vpGUm4OrNiQ36wShhLucuD5FM1SF5gzATMns1e2e5qmWESmfjU7bmiSZloMUxVO5OWmDX749fL7-kPCvs8bSsdD9z3Rb3IKunRQNG11ZUYb8mFauw0SK3MIvnuL4QTqUPsbxMiovYF0OODKDNN8mjF0lYZVqI6FqUevWA=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnsfVFFb3mheWdPHfyYMbh8vpGUm4OrNiQ36wShhLucuD5FM1SF5gzATMns1e2e5qmWESmfjU7bmiSZloMUxVO5OWmDX749fL7-kPCvs8bSsdD9z3Rb3IKunRQNG11ZUYb8mFauw0SK3MIvnuL4QTqUPsbxMiovYF0OODKDNN8mjF0lYZVqI6FqUevWA=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the slickrock was steep. Climbing up here was pretty easy. <br />I slid on my butt coming down, which was also pretty easy. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdfduAc-T8rt0YsRKAA4LN28rtBIfUDG33bmZGYZWpfY3WkegKXO0PRQ-odjc_aQhjiL1rXzIC5Q6PAzJaBEmV7T4fHaGB_gDwIkYuLLB3l34W2ZKR7vrRJcuIHjpZ2ujG5yeeauISay6CqigHBm0MZoK7rbEMuR_oQSXjK7hVQcMUoL0YNRuqsGtNOw=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdfduAc-T8rt0YsRKAA4LN28rtBIfUDG33bmZGYZWpfY3WkegKXO0PRQ-odjc_aQhjiL1rXzIC5Q6PAzJaBEmV7T4fHaGB_gDwIkYuLLB3l34W2ZKR7vrRJcuIHjpZ2ujG5yeeauISay6CqigHBm0MZoK7rbEMuR_oQSXjK7hVQcMUoL0YNRuqsGtNOw=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This 8-foot ladder is acrophobe approved.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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The signage says this is the most popular hike on the San Rafael Swell. It's an hour's drive from Green River, into the a very remote area--yet all of the roads are paved, which makes it easily accessible. There were five or six cars in the parking area, which made it two to six times busier than any of our slot canyon hikes in Grand Staircase - Escalante. The canyons include all sorts of boulders and ledges and puddles to climb over, and Little Wild Horse canyon is impressively long, but the slots were never as narrow as the other slot canyons we had walked through. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjr0UWmDfXfaWrIF0Vb_3eKRIABFIqpEDNfDStwzVqp_Iz0lBeiXo8rE4xk-LZDud60aqf3DFC7Ro6kGXxQjbu2cWK4FrLn4B9kpdCEuQjPPbFaVuAyInssURDcHSrn3qicdI5FHsAOD9VVzPTBpZ974KR3VDv7bLrcQtCNhPaIATo47sozcziSE2s_BQ=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjr0UWmDfXfaWrIF0Vb_3eKRIABFIqpEDNfDStwzVqp_Iz0lBeiXo8rE4xk-LZDud60aqf3DFC7Ro6kGXxQjbu2cWK4FrLn4B9kpdCEuQjPPbFaVuAyInssURDcHSrn3qicdI5FHsAOD9VVzPTBpZ974KR3VDv7bLrcQtCNhPaIATo47sozcziSE2s_BQ=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Check out the thickness of this bark!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOf3fdzxsTPXM5t5U7kOlnt_gYfdLU2MIZbGl4CsqgmIccKaasOQW7I4F5Pn0F8eCB61BIO7QN5wHbV1Oj9ZpjRDiAQDW1w_blcxSA-UbQgMmeY_o10Q-74LBG8ipMf0Lprw0ACV3NJCqHz3pK2n91UGdC3P7Lpx5qs3JMpA3nUlc1h_19KudLUeZDUA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOf3fdzxsTPXM5t5U7kOlnt_gYfdLU2MIZbGl4CsqgmIccKaasOQW7I4F5Pn0F8eCB61BIO7QN5wHbV1Oj9ZpjRDiAQDW1w_blcxSA-UbQgMmeY_o10Q-74LBG8ipMf0Lprw0ACV3NJCqHz3pK2n91UGdC3P7Lpx5qs3JMpA3nUlc1h_19KudLUeZDUA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsZ2HCVpccsoFPCuKqljLgtvkMUtMqfpIRFa0yNYtQ1IW5esXS-pmaLnYJeUE-XArtBps4rGCGb0Y0dYh8U6gdWH8P8-rzKLRMe1pfiyyFw_InaDWQSAKMBrx8dDUONNaoA9fnjGJ1ErJOwegkIiCE7RtjcpKineKNmDpWA3PGhUpXoIOh0hBGWNRCTA=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsZ2HCVpccsoFPCuKqljLgtvkMUtMqfpIRFa0yNYtQ1IW5esXS-pmaLnYJeUE-XArtBps4rGCGb0Y0dYh8U6gdWH8P8-rzKLRMe1pfiyyFw_InaDWQSAKMBrx8dDUONNaoA9fnjGJ1ErJOwegkIiCE7RtjcpKineKNmDpWA3PGhUpXoIOh0hBGWNRCTA=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite photo of Carly on this entire trip.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBwGqnz3duceZuhPxAGzFigjadUMEe3UeSFFZLTYH2pZCQs0BuV6hhw9QwVKTRjq3aKwPlgyE2cKBSWjXXFgc8G5PAWODVm5hAo8O9LQWdgpFDcIXpNO-yRWqD6MPN1c0AdA1xIER3AuupJkv1g0PJSFG3ucp_RERs5kEBn4Q-uO2FEj32Mr9jrrriSg=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBwGqnz3duceZuhPxAGzFigjadUMEe3UeSFFZLTYH2pZCQs0BuV6hhw9QwVKTRjq3aKwPlgyE2cKBSWjXXFgc8G5PAWODVm5hAo8O9LQWdgpFDcIXpNO-yRWqD6MPN1c0AdA1xIER3AuupJkv1g0PJSFG3ucp_RERs5kEBn4Q-uO2FEj32Mr9jrrriSg=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The striations looked like a topo-map. It felt <br />like we were walking through a fractal.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAV-0JNi5ZoL9Ziw_XMZloVdqQGae10dlA9Rc8b2O6csRtOBIejhEu4lHlI351Iu0-DtOo7XW2gdrtKNW6wPXub75hOPjpUxYDHjrm_tONEwfMGF4jXa5XblaUyjNK3CUAzbY8W06IGhFSFAPiWAK9aQUfb6ju7yIJPw2zdE-cxvlh_ZDh29yxRDqgcA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAV-0JNi5ZoL9Ziw_XMZloVdqQGae10dlA9Rc8b2O6csRtOBIejhEu4lHlI351Iu0-DtOo7XW2gdrtKNW6wPXub75hOPjpUxYDHjrm_tONEwfMGF4jXa5XblaUyjNK3CUAzbY8W06IGhFSFAPiWAK9aQUfb6ju7yIJPw2zdE-cxvlh_ZDh29yxRDqgcA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo-d7fSyyts630Wz3fVTVOHtlJT9xQ506EBGq0NUH0j9Xy88gBp1W7yY9Mwe3iqtch7EiZfdlOvqsLRZbU5-oXUVkjbAiumTjMmVoIpDSOPoghrqGsniqzTCzMTxOu5BWq0F_UvdGhfBoh6NCxsPKoWCSUzAuDIYl9J-ZiOKm1e8zVCaGcvKb_g2Wj1w=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; 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This former tidal pool must be a giant mud/clay-slip field when it rains, but when it's dry, you can tromp around the hoodoos.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHbFwmcL8wRWsURMdeF6gErKd1mg84QCiWgNjw6lY9-ek1V7Jl5mR_q5hnWfvaHN7NDtXGiVXytNjbeUxvlqit1zewUhDuAokESwH4pZk6azU0eKeuYXaU5amEepzCQqMHwGBVXP1jGU4bqf9aQY1gkMiLOzITKgYXqCr83njL7_jIF9BeN8YcAO69Zw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHbFwmcL8wRWsURMdeF6gErKd1mg84QCiWgNjw6lY9-ek1V7Jl5mR_q5hnWfvaHN7NDtXGiVXytNjbeUxvlqit1zewUhDuAokESwH4pZk6azU0eKeuYXaU5amEepzCQqMHwGBVXP1jGU4bqf9aQY1gkMiLOzITKgYXqCr83njL7_jIF9BeN8YcAO69Zw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjQbPSgkLLeHQ2XcnEk408dmOVDi6rGuBog7q6dhvE5eBwbwU8sgSOvTRNywVnFgu39SFJPNyjDLdW7VPCiXjLt2XViCotul2jOaW_oHpiOmfJeG26oBcQquY8pXeXza9HHlLbQ2qeEOmD0bGEpEkOM1W1wK0gzEPfVonvUGsWcKx5V7-SkkN7WipLRA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjQbPSgkLLeHQ2XcnEk408dmOVDi6rGuBog7q6dhvE5eBwbwU8sgSOvTRNywVnFgu39SFJPNyjDLdW7VPCiXjLt2XViCotul2jOaW_oHpiOmfJeG26oBcQquY8pXeXza9HHlLbQ2qeEOmD0bGEpEkOM1W1wK0gzEPfVonvUGsWcKx5V7-SkkN7WipLRA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghtxPa758rTuaHKMaZII9GJApK7a1fXjFlfFu-MQB8GzC1IP9uSHD8tAsfUN8B0zp_kZIOE_J_ytF6IheZA8-ZziQHAUP3kr2Zkvzbo3HqeqsaBkgSzb_6vNgI_bI8XmCgylzphUUfa0eNKlHaieQRdBhJzJxlSJhdZrbPnbzfE6cOugq76awTr5-RlQ=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghtxPa758rTuaHKMaZII9GJApK7a1fXjFlfFu-MQB8GzC1IP9uSHD8tAsfUN8B0zp_kZIOE_J_ytF6IheZA8-ZziQHAUP3kr2Zkvzbo3HqeqsaBkgSzb_6vNgI_bI8XmCgylzphUUfa0eNKlHaieQRdBhJzJxlSJhdZrbPnbzfE6cOugq76awTr5-RlQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgU5mIdWefF4OxvgTA_LvOBc0V3tbnHNN8dPnkHH6s4lOXVeGAnzdkD2ulMZj96tEl5YxJjrwCY1R6FjrfdiAR9NWr2llA0YxZgvC6gB8wQwmUmn-gzBTTcN1sVqAlM1ZI9OPpgljscJlG1Gm9VgMI5J7cVoPmurecGaWD8WehoL_qQwN_-XlojHByiAQ=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgU5mIdWefF4OxvgTA_LvOBc0V3tbnHNN8dPnkHH6s4lOXVeGAnzdkD2ulMZj96tEl5YxJjrwCY1R6FjrfdiAR9NWr2llA0YxZgvC6gB8wQwmUmn-gzBTTcN1sVqAlM1ZI9OPpgljscJlG1Gm9VgMI5J7cVoPmurecGaWD8WehoL_qQwN_-XlojHByiAQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnz0BYx36RjQFhkkaFlmHqKjnqmRsTPmFng0THmfRUqT1mNIQtyWpEuiVAsxYxDNHBlk8aw6eCBowAwguUmEKaZs_LY8leb_c8X6pHmfOH906b7QSDZmCS-PG0gHIhqZ1PwP-dGxoQTcSdnaYmNhjkcijdatSjSuOi7zPmgE49mZ7O-EoGR-AwtEJlZQ=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnz0BYx36RjQFhkkaFlmHqKjnqmRsTPmFng0THmfRUqT1mNIQtyWpEuiVAsxYxDNHBlk8aw6eCBowAwguUmEKaZs_LY8leb_c8X6pHmfOH906b7QSDZmCS-PG0gHIhqZ1PwP-dGxoQTcSdnaYmNhjkcijdatSjSuOi7zPmgE49mZ7O-EoGR-AwtEJlZQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The photo below was taken in Goblin Valley State Park, where of course one should only drive 10mph--but the thought of driving across the topology of Utah at 10mph made me laugh.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqrbPf6hnEpKyPwlGD6J99kGrNtHp3vvmkw05jbl6F3et0edLkSW1r5sx_3ykSHqh05r_4hE4Xv2g4vya_xQcX11BHSsCYwbgAmYMwWsbFj4uoO9-7zaYx1uTWPNoHhZdP5lADWc5uV87mcYvFkEgJ1Xyuy_cy1mr0IYFZ3xX_Xg9OwjXzwtNGBWua0Q=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqrbPf6hnEpKyPwlGD6J99kGrNtHp3vvmkw05jbl6F3et0edLkSW1r5sx_3ykSHqh05r_4hE4Xv2g4vya_xQcX11BHSsCYwbgAmYMwWsbFj4uoO9-7zaYx1uTWPNoHhZdP5lADWc5uV87mcYvFkEgJ1Xyuy_cy1mr0IYFZ3xX_Xg9OwjXzwtNGBWua0Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>After hiking, we returned to small-town Green River, which is a tad empty in mid-March. I figured it would be pretty easy to nab a Strava Local Legend title there, and hold onto it for a few months (vs. the mere <a href="http://mightoughtashould.blogspot.com/2022/03/utah-photo-dump-4-missed-opportunities.html">24-hour taste of legendry I experienced at Horseshoe Bend</a>), so I convinced S to walk the 0.3-mile <a href="https://ruralandproud.org/epicenter_blog/grtrails/">Riverwalk</a> near the John Wesley Powell River History Museum with me a whopping four times. Only problem was that the Riverwalk wasn't yet a Strava-recognized "segment," so S attempted to turn it into one on our fourth time walking the trail, without success. So much for that.</div><div><br /></div><div>Green River claims to have the World's Largest Watermelon slice. It's parked in the lot behind the John Wesley Powell River History Museum, on a trailer with a few flat tires--so if we hadn't aimed for that Strava Local Legend title, we never would have seen it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkwwtcutncwMixsF3pUfDgaBzPKOGhKkyLfMo2UE_OSUM6jbsBXRrGI6nv_Z_phgbDoscPrJPAuUuR2allJAwBbEZGRV9ogkSP29fvU0t9-dfElRIUG8SQjue9dOLkNZsZIub37Fxmd2INakj49sGgfCmqRzMHtvjqdM4gX3TLqQjoxGHOk7tJx2Ay7Q=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkwwtcutncwMixsF3pUfDgaBzPKOGhKkyLfMo2UE_OSUM6jbsBXRrGI6nv_Z_phgbDoscPrJPAuUuR2allJAwBbEZGRV9ogkSP29fvU0t9-dfElRIUG8SQjue9dOLkNZsZIub37Fxmd2INakj49sGgfCmqRzMHtvjqdM4gX3TLqQjoxGHOk7tJx2Ay7Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh53nwACZSkIBHLm34ewItFuiiguqVidy87BSj3LBDYDSdCLsCTuqQf_5xoQIgKu0mJDg9hkpGAzIaj2s8Q4sGfBOKpn_ocJ6JZ3puhfQ9Sj1d7VMcM5VlZxE4EwQlMpHMKkAsKart-Mc-ifhoyMtSgd0AG6yX01vFybxw1MFMlcWiygIskH0vvdaVQSw=s2992" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh53nwACZSkIBHLm34ewItFuiiguqVidy87BSj3LBDYDSdCLsCTuqQf_5xoQIgKu0mJDg9hkpGAzIaj2s8Q4sGfBOKpn_ocJ6JZ3puhfQ9Sj1d7VMcM5VlZxE4EwQlMpHMKkAsKart-Mc-ifhoyMtSgd0AG6yX01vFybxw1MFMlcWiygIskH0vvdaVQSw=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Schmusi schmusi mit dem G'spusi</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTtEZft6s8pbdX9Mp0sN5lF-RNoJbZr3hUzNuEjzIwJU1GC1ztKm0XyjFfd7kWu4l0tXGUCoTLsY8005yIj9VY0P8btrOR8T83nfYy151yzofKGqQmnMzDi9aqGXRv3qvYxjIE3p51SIRLzZxeLwTR1kb-p6PGDKVQvRdutttKnP5HMPGYPyFIecundw=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTtEZft6s8pbdX9Mp0sN5lF-RNoJbZr3hUzNuEjzIwJU1GC1ztKm0XyjFfd7kWu4l0tXGUCoTLsY8005yIj9VY0P8btrOR8T83nfYy151yzofKGqQmnMzDi9aqGXRv3qvYxjIE3p51SIRLzZxeLwTR1kb-p6PGDKVQvRdutttKnP5HMPGYPyFIecundw=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Green River runs through Green River, UT.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The next day we drove back to Salt Lake City, went for a walk in Liberty Park, ate lunch at a vegan dive where Utahans actually insisted on wearing masks, killed an hour at the Museum of Contemporary Art, hopped on the TRAX to the airport, and flew away. The End.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinOVXGTmhXxvBgXn1FODEldhTNcU2Lz1ZiEwaffgVEBERjdKX0OphboS-clm6aXXHELWPhmPlk9A88pTeEMDANfAs4s0sq_zifDWCC4vY9H2tEPubAnaeOmLfqbldIe7NRcWvZa6Dn3-zSlZUldeQ5CKysnewcpljr45zTHFRGkIuddNDkxDRnUzzdYA=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinOVXGTmhXxvBgXn1FODEldhTNcU2Lz1ZiEwaffgVEBERjdKX0OphboS-clm6aXXHELWPhmPlk9A88pTeEMDANfAs4s0sq_zifDWCC4vY9H2tEPubAnaeOmLfqbldIe7NRcWvZa6Dn3-zSlZUldeQ5CKysnewcpljr45zTHFRGkIuddNDkxDRnUzzdYA=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art: "Vote for War" postcards <br />paperclipped to voter registration forms, by Trevor Paglen (2016)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>Our top three places to explore if we come back (unordered):</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Capitol Reef National Park; Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument; and Natural Bridges National Monument. And as long as we're in the area (ha! this is how you get five places on a list of three), the ruins and canyons around Bluff and Blanding, and Canyonlands National Park.</div>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-3796616122602486992022-03-11T23:03:00.000-05:002022-03-11T23:03:15.654-05:00Utah photo dump 6: Canyonlands Needles district and Arches National Park <p>Day 13: Blanding to Moab via Canyonlands National Park - The Needles district</p><p>Heading down Utah state route 211 toward Canyonlands, we made a quick stop at Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument; the oldest petroglyphs here date back about 2000 years.</p><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhHFDR3NFlasVmxUr1lJLBwTP5sZ9EOpTAqWLnmPATV6TMDjHyOLRCFXEqMkHMPombwyrIT7dGT3CvJorga18LwzQO8eQ62uHkGG2z7o_T-Jch7bLet_1F4_2fm4Ws29lcvI8RjaL1RiWnWsuM4dqCpbAenGmtvJVwDcxnf51MRhfrRIBKaP8mYVjxng=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhHFDR3NFlasVmxUr1lJLBwTP5sZ9EOpTAqWLnmPATV6TMDjHyOLRCFXEqMkHMPombwyrIT7dGT3CvJorga18LwzQO8eQ62uHkGG2z7o_T-Jch7bLet_1F4_2fm4Ws29lcvI8RjaL1RiWnWsuM4dqCpbAenGmtvJVwDcxnf51MRhfrRIBKaP8mYVjxng=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzwMsnTrebQ2OCxe-R7K7Baql3VyYE6noNg2xTKI-ScZh_PPnqxRc8Rg9hMDsXH7FpvykllrcqxLWlyKqRk_F7Jn4OpeL4d7f8fA6Pd2KNlMXMjJq94rjeOhCPpVlm-gMT5XLuMydcAyjCXm41z7NRAlMeZk5CqqPo6XL_BdXBs0QJzwzrzSEQgwHGew=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzwMsnTrebQ2OCxe-R7K7Baql3VyYE6noNg2xTKI-ScZh_PPnqxRc8Rg9hMDsXH7FpvykllrcqxLWlyKqRk_F7Jn4OpeL4d7f8fA6Pd2KNlMXMjJq94rjeOhCPpVlm-gMT5XLuMydcAyjCXm41z7NRAlMeZk5CqqPo6XL_BdXBs0QJzwzrzSEQgwHGew=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then it was on to the remote Needles district of Canyonlands National Park, where we stopped first at the Visitor Center to inquire about acrophobe-friendly trails. We ended up hiking the <a href="https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/utah/chesler-park">Chesler Park Loop Trail</a>, which had enough height challenges to generate some thrills but no real terror moments. This ~11.25-mile loop was one of the most enjoyable hikes of our entire trip.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyuUbsUkxpTMKt9LBM6d_ReAIu4k0_Si1zbj-y9o0BK_BLrMVbJ7I7sj59KK4VE9_k2X4JbYfdTLc4TVE2udtrhvAKyf1YmzdxAxMS5ZKKBQHLn5_nZ-0KHPcm4nMqHQS2jKeffwgw71a6D9d8XbcJu3xB-7uC-vHWhmubDvbiB-zgHcSQG2yAvy_Neg=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyuUbsUkxpTMKt9LBM6d_ReAIu4k0_Si1zbj-y9o0BK_BLrMVbJ7I7sj59KK4VE9_k2X4JbYfdTLc4TVE2udtrhvAKyf1YmzdxAxMS5ZKKBQHLn5_nZ-0KHPcm4nMqHQS2jKeffwgw71a6D9d8XbcJu3xB-7uC-vHWhmubDvbiB-zgHcSQG2yAvy_Neg=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No cellphone service, so the National Park provides payphones.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Utah has taught us that there's also a dry cold. It can be 30 or 40oF, but if the sun is out and you're hiking, you'll end up taking off your coat. If it rains, though, cold is cold.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Consequently, the day we spent at Arches National Park--a day forecast to have a 15% chance of rain--ranged between dry-cold warm and wet-cold cold.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We did three hikes. First, the iconic Delicate Arch. We ran into several other acrophobes on the trail, recognizable because we all clung to the sides of the cliffs and encouraged other hikers to pass us. The trail was wide and generally tilted toward the cliffs rather than downward toward certain death, so it was quite manageable. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3H2hIz_rt-Gp01C-zJtv5Fm5mXv52a9lPVsdqYEnsb6IdCi3bRMoxL03yyK5EJb32ZbAbOo2QJA6xFWGkAbIh3Zl_VhUPyklc8piuBJOkYutW_bTuz7a-IjCw7Dl8LxmQ3Y7yg5cYfL41O_9BvNf-CGFSk-IQ6gcaFl5KIxTqN26upD4cWwABiCeuew=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3H2hIz_rt-Gp01C-zJtv5Fm5mXv52a9lPVsdqYEnsb6IdCi3bRMoxL03yyK5EJb32ZbAbOo2QJA6xFWGkAbIh3Zl_VhUPyklc8piuBJOkYutW_bTuz7a-IjCw7Dl8LxmQ3Y7yg5cYfL41O_9BvNf-CGFSk-IQ6gcaFl5KIxTqN26upD4cWwABiCeuew=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Petroglyphs along a short detour</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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It accumulated quickly!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Our third hike began at the <a href="https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/utah/devils-garden-loop-trail-with-7-arches">Devil's Garden trailhead</a>; we walked far enough to see Tunnel Arch, Pine Tree Arch, and Landscape Arch. Landscape Arch is the park's widest spanning arch, at ~290 feet.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMxki4rXeW6EB3QJ94yAlWmnOs8zkP8HIBcgzHUZf1KPSs2s35TE1E6NBJThuggK8zmXl4bDlnODFAMPQcZKlYEYSZqKOY8Qt90BvhogQndf8fwXMBV48S40qCC6UfsDJoFosJtzY2SK3ajBcZkO5Gk4Nxgnuiyk2yl_w5tSPKejL5wXWw7j-tw_lBFg=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMxki4rXeW6EB3QJ94yAlWmnOs8zkP8HIBcgzHUZf1KPSs2s35TE1E6NBJThuggK8zmXl4bDlnODFAMPQcZKlYEYSZqKOY8Qt90BvhogQndf8fwXMBV48S40qCC6UfsDJoFosJtzY2SK3ajBcZkO5Gk4Nxgnuiyk2yl_w5tSPKejL5wXWw7j-tw_lBFg=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tunnel Arch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbAVGdv03f1Zhf-JLCXnECMw1fqnPEUzwHj7yWWYGp5NwfBqm4C08iTYceP1Ymdbeq4lfPECBjVmH3w7lmU9Q1mFCtHn1uIt8hEv0r951G_bQYZqntVk0kKFndIcxMRSsRU3G7ERbLKTw98sX7XZ-SLyc9vMh_MUbewG5GGFWZY1MmkDSDOXRvJ8SSPQ=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbAVGdv03f1Zhf-JLCXnECMw1fqnPEUzwHj7yWWYGp5NwfBqm4C08iTYceP1Ymdbeq4lfPECBjVmH3w7lmU9Q1mFCtHn1uIt8hEv0r951G_bQYZqntVk0kKFndIcxMRSsRU3G7ERbLKTw98sX7XZ-SLyc9vMh_MUbewG5GGFWZY1MmkDSDOXRvJ8SSPQ=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pine Tree Arch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg14c4VquOyPkpG50j35EPvo7IVs3FpRBtVD1kHjBbeOyWdHre3MHOp7LwJHC67UcFE_l88JxeYnNF8imaemKsoZE9ok3rjk0CVBe0ElGsKGslWRy6Px2L9wusRtcofmAORiQSmhkJSqnxwyx-cdZ85BpEnBt-l9-1RswAKx5lMCGLgnRttSqRPb4e7iA=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg14c4VquOyPkpG50j35EPvo7IVs3FpRBtVD1kHjBbeOyWdHre3MHOp7LwJHC67UcFE_l88JxeYnNF8imaemKsoZE9ok3rjk0CVBe0ElGsKGslWRy6Px2L9wusRtcofmAORiQSmhkJSqnxwyx-cdZ85BpEnBt-l9-1RswAKx5lMCGLgnRttSqRPb4e7iA=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Landscape Arch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBpWEd8d5ynesbG2D_XpMHyBNGoXuc3PH1KpEKAUkLG-gKSifRO7wt4f25kwetwGsRB9OD4dPRx5E1JbFvE4sEzP6QiHDMSdRC63AY3xteGd32Bg-Na38Hc487U7FzB4Btv_ZgJt3tT3ZamLwjdYY1tif-KexVglXdjpF_ZflVqB8ve24A2DHPrlRX-g=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBpWEd8d5ynesbG2D_XpMHyBNGoXuc3PH1KpEKAUkLG-gKSifRO7wt4f25kwetwGsRB9OD4dPRx5E1JbFvE4sEzP6QiHDMSdRC63AY3xteGd32Bg-Na38Hc487U7FzB4Btv_ZgJt3tT3ZamLwjdYY1tif-KexVglXdjpF_ZflVqB8ve24A2DHPrlRX-g=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fins--yet another of Utah's abundant geological features </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Liz Paleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722555243540739657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030427154852853760.post-52594333632928665782022-03-10T02:30:00.000-05:002022-03-10T02:30:08.698-05:00Utah photo dump 5: River House Ruins and Natural Bridges<p>Day 12: River House Ruins and Natural Bridges</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We had planned a few more ruins hikes, in Lower Butler Wash, but current road conditions ruled that out for our 2wd car. Instead, we hiked to the <a href="https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/utah/snake-house-ruins">River House Ruins</a> (aka Snake House Ruins) along the San Juan river, along the west side of Comb Ridge. 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We thought we'd take a coffee break in Bluff and then hike to some petroglyphs, but there were no open coffee shops to be found, and I was tired of wearing hiking boots, so instead we drove to <a href="https://www.nps.gov/nabr/index.htm">Natural Bridges National Monument</a> to gawk at natural bridges before the sun set.</div><div><br /></div><div>On the way, we were enticed by a turnoff to <a href="https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/utah/butler-wash-ruins">Butler Wash Ruins</a>, a quick 1-mile hike that offers views of ruins from above.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRRDJpf2txnPrhTBgl9XSTwxIBoXwDOdrGYq7mvX8Jz4DBfcrbBQHqynYFxnmdw9gv6sKGchQzmbY1Gt2aHozA-VUdN0WQupy0O8LqmovJn8hvYIr5BNDmoEC7L7qwrV-6DB30O-vYFcBIFk9O2vlVLLIUSSzUegPSy0MgfqM1wzU1rt8AdHM0x8Xf2Q=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRRDJpf2txnPrhTBgl9XSTwxIBoXwDOdrGYq7mvX8Jz4DBfcrbBQHqynYFxnmdw9gv6sKGchQzmbY1Gt2aHozA-VUdN0WQupy0O8LqmovJn8hvYIr5BNDmoEC7L7qwrV-6DB30O-vYFcBIFk9O2vlVLLIUSSzUegPSy0MgfqM1wzU1rt8AdHM0x8Xf2Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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