Edinburgh Castle
We walked up High Street — which in Edinburgh is a mile of kebab/pizza/fish & chips restaurants, historical markers, and tourist tchotchke shops — to […]
Arthur’s Seat
GPS gave me a reading of 5.48 miles and 1346 AEG. Haz gave me a 5.04 miles, but no AEG, as it does not yet […]
Rosslyn Chapel
We trained from Glasgow Queen St. to Ediburgh Waverly (the central station). After checking in to our hotel, we walked north up Bridge St., then […]
Glasgow & Bellshill Walk
Monday was our last day of our first weekend in Glasgow (and environs), before heading to Edinburgh for a few days. We took a hop […]
Carluke Walk
Our second full day in Scotland, a Sunday. (The first full day had been spent at a football match, but no need to bore you […]
Hackberry Spring Loop
Another trip with Rockadoodledude. Only three cars in the lot when we started at 0715. Really nice light along the whole hike, but particularly in […]
Goldfield Ovens Loop
Did a figure 8 of the northern half of Goldfield Ovens, all of Stewart Mountain Dam Petroglyphs, then the southern half of the Goldfield Ovens […]
Houston Memorial Park
I had scheduled two days in Angleton, TX, for a kart race, followed by three days just north in Houston visiting family. When the kart […]
Apache Leap
I planned to hike Preston the Yeti’s route up to Apache Leap, along the rim for 2.5 miles to the highpoint, 4875 ft, back track […]