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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Snooping around
Yesterday I took a lunchtime stroll around the National Mall to get a look at the preparations for the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival. It’s always more fun walking with friends, so a half-dozen folks joined me in the Enid A. Haupt … Continue reading
Walking, hiking, and pole-vaulting
You know, I’ve been active with a local walking group since 2009, started organizing events for the group a couple years ago, and finally took over the group (i.e., paying the bills) last Fall. Over time, the group redefined itself into … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking
Tagged Hawksbill Mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Shasta, nature, outdoors, Shenandoah Mountains, Shenandoah National Park
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Now that’s more like it!
This morning we went for a hike in Riverbend Park, on the south bank of the Potomac River in Northern Virginia. Our stated intent was to see if any Virginia bluebells had popped up, but also just to enjoy one of the … Continue reading
Morning on the marsh
Saturday was taken up with hikes in a couple of nearby wetland areas, Huntley Meadows and Dyke Marsh. The goal of both visits was to check out the wildlife, so we didn’t set much of a demanding pace. With over 1,500 … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, Photography
Tagged Alexandria Walking & Hiking Group, Dyke Marsh, fairfax county virginia, Great Falls, Huntley Meadows, nature, outdoors, Potomac Heritage Trail, Potomac River, quantitative easing, Riverbend Park, Washington DC, wetland restoration project, wildlife
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Why I don’t have a green thumb
I never seem to be able to do much with my back yard. It’s shady, being adjacent to a vacant, wooded lot that thankfully cannot be developed, and underneath the thin topsoil is marine clay interspersed with stones the size of … Continue reading
Disappointment
I’m kind of disappointed with the past weekend’s hikes. Plans almost always fall short of expectations during execution, and these were no exception. You just can’t make chicken salad out of chicken sh*t, as this fellow I used to work … Continue reading
Meetup
In the last post I commented about how Meetup, the online resource for finding and meeting others to do fun things together, had been under a denial of service attack since last Thursday. I’m not sure what motivated the clowns* who … Continue reading
Wonderland
As the weeks go by, the “wonder” part of “winter wonderland” seems to be wondering just how much longer before winter eases its grip on us. Not just yet, anyway. Last weekend we went on a 6-mile hike along the Billy Goat … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, Photography
Tagged Billy Goat Trail, C&O Canal, Carderock, Maryland, Meetup, nature, outdoors, Potomac River, water temperature, winter wonderland
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Life with John 