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Posted in life, nerdliness on Aug 5th, 2008
Using the “Create a Map” feature over at Wayfaring.com, I made this map of our walking route through Chicago yesterday. All told we covered about four and a half miles on foot.
(You can hover your mouse over the waypoints to see what they are.)
Posted in life on Aug 4th, 2008
In order to renew her passport, Sibylle needed to travel to Chicago, where the nearest German Consulate is located. We debated several options for getting her to the city and back again. Flying by herself, the pari of us driving, or the pair of us flying.
At the start of the weekend we were prepared [...]
In keeping with my doctor’s orders to exercise at least 30 minutes five times a week, I took another walk this evening.
Over the weekend we took a short hike in the Konza Prairie Biologic Station located just outside of Manhattan Kansas. This prairie restoration project is vast, and only a portion is open to the public. Hiking there gives one a new appreciation for the incredible distances contained within the American prairie. Our two and a [...]
Our goal to walk more this year has not been overly successful. Still we are trying, and yesterday, with some much warmer weather to enjoy, we managed to walk about two and half miles. Just south of the Overland Park apartment there is a golf course, and wrapped around two sides of it a paved [...]
Not so much a resolution, but a determination that we’d like to walk more days than not each week this year resulting in a beautiful walking in the brisk sunshine of a new day, new month, and new year this morning.
