tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770648820647669862011-04-21T12:35:01.080-07:00A blog about human powered locamotion. "I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. " John MuirTired Soleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03602025580068078913noreply@blogger.comBlogger551100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677064882064766986.post-5589859741765741032008-12-28T18:35:00.000-08:002008-12-28T18:59:33.338-08:00

One of my New year's resolutions is to get a lot more foot miles under my belt. I want to see how many i can get. My goal is to hit at least 500 miles of on trail hiking/ walking. Bike Paths work also so long as I walk them. I won't be counting street miles though, mainly because even though I do walk along them sometimes I want to encourage myself to head for more interesting areas.I took a

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67*, 30.03" and steady barometer, 79% humidity, N 6 mph wind, partly cloudy I'm slowly but steady trekking on down in weight. Last weekend I went ahead and rode my bicycle again the same route as before but I did a tiny bit more exploring when things caught my interest, like a pond with a great blue heron standing in it's shallows. Sunday, which was supposed to be my rest day, was cooler

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One of my get fit goals is to revisit some of my old favorite hiking trails. I can't squeeze 6.5 months of non stop hiking into my life any time soon to do the PCT BUT a somewhat shorter hike I think I can squeeze in. So that leaves me trails like the TRT (guidebook and map above) which take two weeks or so to complete.Just a little carrot in front of the donkey---

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..since I posted anything. I've been very busy and I haven't done much hiking or exploring unfortunately. Last weekend, however, I did go on a new bike route. I rode a 21 mile loop Sunday in the country and It was great weather, and great scenery (for around here, anyway) No photos as i no longer have a working camera. maybe I'll get a new one next month.

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59*, 30.11 in and steady barometer, 36% humidity, VAR 5 mph wind, fairThis weekend has been busy for me. We not only cleaned house from top to bottom and put up new curtains, but I took the dog and a neighbors kid on their first hike with my husband (who normally doesn't join me on these types of outdoor excursions). We had a good time (even though I have a shin splint from exercising so much

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I feel like changing. For the past few weeks I've been mulling it over in my head and my new fitness buddy, Brandi, has convinced me that I can feel more energetic and fit more fitness into my life. I have to walk her 3 times a day to keep her happy and its an energetic walk with her. Not meandering along slowly with this pooch. I look a little better in the mirror to me, perhaps that's in my

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There are those who live in families who are not very in-tune with nature. They are raised half blind, not seeing the wildness and wonder around them because they have been taught that such things are insignificant. Raised like that, you just don't know how to look and observe. When the closest they get to nature is a round up sprayed back patio its like a life half lived and incomplete.My

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48*, 93% humidity, SW 8 mph wind, light rain, FLOOD WARNING, FLASH FLOOD WATCHI know its a love song, but it seems to me, he sings about giving up one love for another, which I can certainly relate to. I too love the ocean, and being foot loose and fancy free-there is certainly nothing so thrilling. And when I was growing up, my biggest fear in life was that I would grow up and have a boring,

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33*, feels like 27*, 70% humidity, SW 7 mph wind, cloudy, WINTER STORM WATCH , FLOOD WARNINGThe day promised to be beautiful so I could not stand to remain at home, I had to go out and do at least a little bit of exploration! I did not know exactly where I was going to go today, just that I was going to go along hwy 12, through the dunes area and pick a spot that was open for walking as some

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I was wanting to get out and hike one of my secret trails, a forgotten and very over grown trail that no one else seems to know about, but the trail to that trail had been flooded during the winter, then iced over. I could not get to this trail without risking falling through some pretty serious ice and so I had to turn back and do the easy little loop instead today. My ankle, the one that had

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All Species Parade, Arcata, CA.

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The town of Sisters, Oregon annual outdoor quilt show and festival.

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I'm going to add something new to this blog (not that I get any looky-loos mind you so this is more for me then anything else...)I'm going to add a category called "American Slice" in which I will post photos of America--Anything American from small towns, to American people, to beautiful American places.And similarly, I am going to add "Postcards" which will showcase postcards that have been

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1*, feels like -19*, W 20 mph wind, partly cloudy, BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY, WIND CHILL ADVISORY, WINTER STORM WATCHRemember, if you are out and about walking this morning, that cat hair is an essential part of staying warm. Make sure you have some on your balaclava---

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10*, feels like -12*, 91% humidity, W 36 mph wind, snow/fog/wind, WINTER STORM WARNINGI took a walk earlier, when it was warm out. Near 50*. Two hours ago it was 51* for the high. Look at the temps now! Blizzard like too.Good time to look at old photos and journals for fun!

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31*, feels like 22*, 78% humidity, S 10 mph wind, fairI met a new friend this morning, early. His name is Charlie. Charlie Horse. I'm sure someone out there must know him. He came over unannounced and uninvited but made himself known real fast. I had to shout and jump out of bed to handle the surprise visitor. But that's OK, because I'm not usually up before that magical time right before sunrise

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I really like Eric Claptan's Let It Grow

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Oops. I seemed to have enjoyed myself just a bit too much yesterday!But, that's just one day, and if you think about it, one day of binge is just a drop in the....... in the overall span of my life. Yeah, it's no big deal.Tried to go walking this morning, drove to the park but couldn't get in. Almost got stuck in the snow. Should of just walked around the neighborhood instead. I had just wanted a

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Hills are rare around here. Flat land walking has nothing on mountainous trail hiking elsewhere. My best option when I can't walk hills are stairways at work. So when ever I have an opportunity to, instead of using the elevator, I use the stairs. Six flights up or down. I find down stairs is tough and I have to take it slower, due to the strain it puts on my knees. I'm fine with the upstairs. Add

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Used the exercises that came with the resistance band and the big ball to work my arms this morning.Made a egg white, turkey bacon and spinach frittata and oranges for today.

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40*, feels like 33*, 93% humidity, SSW 12 mph wind, cloudySunday-- Exercise ball and resistance band work outMonday-- Walk 1/2 hour easyTuesday--Exercise ball and resistance bandWednesday-- walk 1/2 hour easy (if hill is not icy) and 15 minute hillThursday-- Exercise ball and resistance band work outFriday--RestSaturday-- Walk 30 minutes easy, 30 minutes hill

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31*, feels like 23*, 96% humidity, NNE 8 mph wind, Light SnowThis is the last day of my old ways---That's the hope that everyone has every year with their new resolutions. It is my hope as well. Starting tomorrow, things that have passed these lips to find a home on my hips will have to start packing up and going bye-bye. In the living room, waiting future wear and tear are my exercise gear-- the

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38*, feels like 34*, 68% humidity, SE 5 mph wind, fairToday the healthy habit schedule suggested having a handful of crunchy nuts for a snack. So I replaced a bag of chips or candy with a handful of cashews which is what I had on hand. So from now on, instead of something like chips, I have to reach for the nuts.I also found another healthy habit calender in a magazine I subscribe to, and since I

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33*, feels like 28*, 78% humidity, SSE 6 mph wind, fair.The healthy habit calender today says:"Soups on! A cup of broth soup with veggies before meals can help fill you up with few calories."I had the same breakfast this morning as I did yesterday. Cereal, milk and a mandarin orange. For lunch though I made up a cup of broth and made sure I ate plenty of veggies before my sandwich. Over all I had

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26*, feels like 16*, 81% humidity, W 10 mph wind, cloudyThe calender today says to experiment! Try something new in my meals. So that is what I did today. In fact, over all I have eaten quite a bit better then I have lately been eating. I added a mandarin orange to my breakfast of corn flakes, and for lunch I added homegrown alfalfa sprouts to my sandwich and drank milk instead of soda with my

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The big fishing pond not quite frozen. Frozen beaver pond. Abandoned bird nest in the honeysuckle brush.Cold and windy. Trail flat and paved. 40 minutes.Critters noted:Cardinal, Blue Jay, Juncos, Sparrows, grey squirrel, domestic cat, domestic dog (With no owner in sight,I picked up a sturdy thumping stick just in case).

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19*, feels like 0*, 56% humidity, WSW 37 mph wind, light snow, WIND ADVISORY3 Eating Strategies:Drink a glass of water and decide if I am really hungry. If not really hungry (If I just had a meal) then find another outlet for distraction-an activity or exercise, like a walk, for a half hour. If bored, like at home alone, at work alone, find something to do like exercise, chores, or a journal

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19*, feels like 0*, 65% humidity, SW 31 mph wind, light snow, WIND ADVISORYI've been working on deciding what new years resolutions I would like to make concerning my health and fitness. But I didn't want to go with the old stand by of counting calories for a week and going to the gym for a month before petering out. Part of the reason those methods don't work is that I am incredibly busy all the

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Sorry I haven't posted in a while. No walks due to a few injuries. From a car accident and now a twisted ankle from slipping on ice. Such is life sometimes!

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Maple leaves against Eastern Cottonwood bark. The foot bridge to the maple syrup sugar shack where they make maple syrup in the spring from trees tapped here. River View from the foot bridge. Leaves on the footbridge. Colorful Confetti.

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For crying out loud, it's in everything! Everything store bought just about. From ketchup to bread, it's hard to avoid it if you don't make everything from scratch yourself! Which means if I want to eat any of my favorite things-- like bread or ketchup, I'm either going to have to find brands that don't have it (next to impossible and much more expensive) , go without, or start to make my own.We

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I've had a bad cold/flu for the past couple weeks that involves a LOT of mucus and coughing my lungs out so I have had no energy to get out for some real exercise other then yard work and moving around at my job. But today was too perfect to stay at home, and so I took a short and slow walk at the park to take in some fall colors and this is what I found: Nice, eh?

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Trap Hillls 2007

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Sunday MorningIt was pitch black outside. If there was a moon out I could not see it through the trees though I saw a few stars. With my headlamp, I resumed the trail feeling OK and ready to hike. It was 4 a.m. according to my watch, Chicago time. I followed the trail blazes stopping at each tree to locate the next with very little difficulty through the forest down then up a gently graded hill

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Saturday Morning:I got up before first light and began to pack up inside my tent as I had crap sprawled out everywhere in hopes to dry some things with no luck. I packed things wet. Outside the tent, others had already gotten up as early risers. The stars were out. It would prove to be a nice sunny day for us. I ate a granola bar for breakfast that REALLY sucked and that I will never buy that

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Thursday night: I left work at 11 pm with my husband who drove me over an hour into Illinois to my friend Jim's house where I would surf his couch for the night.Friday Morning: Woke up around 5:30 to get ready for the trip. We hoped to leave at 6 am as it is a long drive up through Wisconsin to the UP of Michigan. "Randall" was the first to arrive this morning, and then the late comer, "Hubcap',

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I'm back. I had a great time even though the hike didn't go exactly as planned for anybody on this trip but it was such an adventure I don't think anyone had a bad time. The trail was basically bushwhacking between blazes and one really needs to know the use of map and compass here. (Thank goodness I do!) The trail needs some major maintenance but it is a wonderful trail that I have fallen in

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My pack weight with food and water is 33 lbs. That's heavier then normal for me but with such variable weather, I did not want to go light with the shelter and clothes. My normal packed weight is 22-25 lbs. I leave tonight, to crash at my friends house on the couch whom I will ride share to the trail with. It should be wet, but a good old time!

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Gear is the most important part of backpacking--It can make a difference between enjoying your trip or coming back miserable.Since the weather in the mountains is just about guaranteed to be crazy this time of year, I will not be skimping on gear to make my pack lighter. I may have to wait out storms in my shelter, so I have opted for a tent instead of a bivy this time. Waiting out a storm in a

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Boy, if only gourmet meals like this above could be served on the trail. Just snap your fingers and wham, salad and sandwich on a platter appears, cold, fresh and yummy ready for the tummy. Unfortunately, unless you stick with hotels, restaurants and car-camping, such meals are just a dream in the middle of the wilderness. So what really do I take when I backpack? It really depends on the type

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Last evening I took a rather unexciting 45 minute walk through the neighborhood. It was warm and pleasant out but I saw nothing much of note besides cars and homes. Today, I didn't walk as I felt tired which usually means I need a rest day. Not only do I take morning walks usually, but I also do a lot of physical box moving and lifting, unpacking and walking around at work that I normally don't

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So, I do all this walking and bike riding around town. I love it and feel like I get plenty of exercise as well as all the exercise I get while I am at work. So why am I still a pudge? To tell you the truth, I have always been a pudgy girl. Even as a babe. And I've always been fairly active. But my entire adult life I have hovered between 175-185 lbs, except for a brief time when I was down to

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Weather was pleasant, not too cool, not too warm. The path was wet and muddy but not enough to be a mess. Mosquitoes were bad. The morning started out with a light fog but that soon lifted.Critters seen include grey squirrel, ground squirrel, woodpeckers, a stray tortoiseshell cat.On the AOTM website PCT webtrail, I have passed the first marker- "The majority of thru-hikers (those who hike the

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48 minute walk this morning. Drizzly, barely cool enough for a light jacket.Animals seen:Cottontail rabbitground squirrelSapsuckerRobbinsBlackbirdsFinchesBlue jayCardinalSparrows2 bicyclists1 neat caterpillar

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Using the America On The Move web trails, I have just left Campo CA on the PCT.From the AOTM website: "Campo, California is a small town located only one mile from the U.S./Mexican border, and marks the southernmost point of the Pacific Crest Trail. Clinton C. Clarke, a successful oilman and avid Boy Scout, dedicated much of his life to preserving the area now known as the Pacific Crest Trail.

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Helpful Link:http://aom.americaonthemove.org/site/c.krLXJ3PJKuG/b.1524889/k.BFFA/Home.htmStarting tomorrow the 30Th, I will start tracking using the PCT as a guide with this site.

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Walt Whitman's Song of the Open Road from Leaves Of GrassAFOOT and light-hearted, I take to the open road,Healthy, free, the world before me,The long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose.Henceforth I ask not good-fortune—I myself am good fortune;Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,Strong and content, I travel the open road.The earth—that is sufficient;I do not

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