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We happened upon this old grist mill purely at random and stopped to have a look see and learn how it worked. The structure has a storied past exemplified by this snippet: “…in the midst of the Civil War, the mill was sold to Phares and Roxanna Yates, James Penny’s son-in-law and daughter. Penny’s involvement [...]

Seen: This memorial by J. Seward Johnson of Morris Frank and dog Buddy on the Morristown Green downtown classroom. Seeing Eye Dog, an ubiquitous term for guide dogs, is actually a trademark that was genericized. See historic photos here.

No Smoking in the ticketing lobby today. You can make out the uneven wear from decades of foot traffic; undulations reflect in the polished marble floor of the North Hall waiting area. The Union Station in Kansas City was built as monument to train travel before the age of airlines or the personal automobile. Its [...]

Arrive by car if possible because of traffic congestion, noise and fumes on State Rte 23. Once inside the park though it’s solitude and refuge. Splendid natural hardwood forests are on view from all sides. There are some ups and downs and an occasional switchback but the trail is wide hard pack crushed rock. Quite [...]

Sunday morning grey mid February had the Chisholm Nature Trail to myself ‘cept for this rusty water fowl on the creek — must of stayed too long.

Could have enjoyed a rinse off / cool down after this summer day Little Rock run. Escaped suburbia to find an undocumented there and back trail along Rock Creek. The trailhead is obscure behind a strip mall dry-cleaners. The unspoiled area is watershed and part of the Fourche Initiative. (I wasn’t pronouncing it right either) [...]

Stuck at an airport perimeter road hotel and not seeing anything exciting on the satellite map or encouraging from the Google Street View, I stepped outside anyway. The loop that I ran, thankfully, offered protection from the traffic with consistent asphalt sidewalk and granite curbstone. I did spy an isolated abandoned railway bed at an [...]

Crossing the Roaring Fork River before sunrise on the Stein Trail is a beautiful thing. This section joins the Rio Grande Trail, named from the railroad that used to follow the river. Despite the mountainous surroundings the trail grade never exceeds 3%. Looping back through residential completes the circuit on the Pitkin County Open Spaces [...]

The irvine Co. Salt Works circa 1934 to 1950  in the backwater head of Newport Bay, is  now the Upper Newport Bay Estuary and habitat. Many trail signs to point out the ongoing  rehabilitaion but nothing that some rain won’t cure. The trail traverses high ground (dusty dry) or low path (marshy bog). sna2

In Wichita – an unexpected sight. Bill Koch (local boy) built her for Cup trials in ’92. Jayhawk, was a throw away. I had a chance to see the super secret keel while leaving the downtown on a river run. Unlike a previous jog in the opposite direction, there is nothing else to see here [...]