I was bad, bad, bad this weekend. But I have some photos for you from Friday. Still awful bland, but there’s actually a couple in here that I really like. Even just two days of taking photos on a regular basis has begun to reawaken the part of my brain that looks for good subjects.


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Today I walked 5.2 miles and yesterday 5.7. Not much to report, except I ran into a friend from college yesterday. The weather has been completely amazing this week. It’s great to be able to walk in short sleeves. I’d like to buy a good pair of walking sandals, though-my feet demand to breathe.

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Well. Monday I did a stupid and didn’t realize until the next morning that I had only walked four miles. So that’s a four-mile day. But on Tuesday I walked all over downtown-sort of trying to break up my routine-for a total of about 6.8 miles, and yesterday I did 5.5. I’ve done three today and will probably do another three on the way home.

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My journey will be a big one, for sure, but every year people make treks to which mine will pale in comparison. One such person is Mike Hanson, an attorney from Minneapolis who a year from now will be hiking the entire Appalachian Trail-2,174 miles of wilderness-solo, and without a guide dog. Guide dog? Yeah, Mike Hanson is blind.

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