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Bike Tour of Montreal (5)
Mont Royal was landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted, but the hillside looks undisturbed, without the sculpted feel of Central Park or the National Zoo. You climb up through a thick forest.Near the top.A...
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No time to run last week because of jury duty, or something.Distance: 12 milesWeather: ColdFlora: Acorns
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Bike Tour of Montreal (6)
Return downhill and you reach downtown Montreal, where the office buildings transition seamlessly into a network of underground shops. Subterranean Montreal is one of the biggest underground cities...
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Bike Tour of Montreal: The End
Here we return to the beginning of the bike trail at Atwater Market.The vast covered marketplaces, found throughout the city, provide vegetables along with lobster, duck, pastries, cheese. I read that...
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Everyone was training for the Marine Corps Marathon.Distance: 19 milesWeather: In the woods, a perpetual twilightPeople: High-speed skateboarder with dog
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A Very Hot Day
Along the Potomac this weekend, a canal boat museum piece.A beach for the hikers.An inland lake.A babbling brook.From the Maryland side.
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I would like to recommend the BBC documentary Yellowstone: Battle for Life. While I enjoyed the Earth series, it seemed like more of a show-off piece than a coherent presentation; they moved from one...
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I really never thought I would make it this far. I should be a motivational speaker.Distance: 20 milesWeather: Autumnal light, green leavesFauna: CardinalsPeople: L.L. Bean catalog models
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Running Log
I suppose I'll find those extra six miles somewhere.Distance: 20 milesWeather: Nordic skiingFlora: Autumn is here, but you have to get a few miles out of D.C. to find it. Heat island?Fauna: Migrating...
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Earth and Sky Series
With the probable exception of a couple winter heatwaves, the warm part of the year is over.
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Urban Series
Playground in Philadelphia.Steps.View from the Rocky stairs. All in all, a great place to run 26 miles.Old prison.
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I went on a Christmas tour of the White House (East Wing). Here are the photos:
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The Arizona shooting hit close to home in the Washington area. Best wishes to Rep. Giffords's staff and everyone involved.
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I returned from a lovely wedding and trip to Colorado for Christmas and New Years. I will post pictures in a few seconds.Also, you should follow my new website at foodyear.tumblr.com.
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Grand Entrances
We toured the New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins, and the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park. See my photos here.
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Wall of Silence
The east side of Rocky Mountain park, on a typically windy day. Some of the pictures were taken from a moving car, but I think I still like them. See the photos here.
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Nesting
We hiked around a bald eagle sanctuary over the weekend. We may have spied one overhead (it could glide across the sky without moving its wings) unless it was an ordinary hawk. The woods were sleepy...
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This is my general-purpose website. (About me. The king of the elves is what my name means in Welsh.) At the moment I am not posting regularly here, but I will revamp this page as needed and add new...
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