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Friday Oct 30, 2020 #
3 PM
Walking 50:41 4.54 km (11:10 / km) +52m 10:34 / km
ahr:97 max:121 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
Hunting different street nodes in Friedensville. Drove there, then walked. About 46-47 and a bit breezy but not uncomfortable.
These two walks were actually one, but at some point I stopped my watch (to cross Saucon Creek Rd) and forgot to restart it until it was giving me a "switching screens" alert. I stopped the track, uploaded it to GC (had my phone with me), and saw I still had most of where I had been to that point, so started a new track from there. I missed the nuance of the start of Saucon Dr, but not much distance.
These two walks were actually one, but at some point I stopped my watch (to cross Saucon Creek Rd) and forgot to restart it until it was giving me a "switching screens" alert. I stopped the track, uploaded it to GC (had my phone with me), and saw I still had most of where I had been to that point, so started a new track from there. I missed the nuance of the start of Saucon Dr, but not much distance.
4 PM
Walking 15:40 1.24 km (12:40 / km) +2m 12:33 / km
ahr:97 max:111 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
The rest of my circuit in Friedensville.
Thursday Oct 29, 2020 #
4 PM
Yoga 25:00 [0]
A bit of Silver Sneakers yoga because it's cold and wet outside.
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020 #
3 PM
Walking 1:17:23 7.0 km (11:03 / km) +15m 10:56 / km
ahr:93 max:111 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
Went for distance rather than speed today, and knee is okay with that. Local streets. 55 and overcast, slightly breezy, and damp.
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020 #
1 PM
Walking 1:31:30 9.06 km (10:06 / km) +16m 10:00 / km
ahr:98 max:140 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
More nodes. 55-58 degrees and mostly overcast, with sun peeking out occasionally.
Ankles felt okay throughout, but right knee isn't happy today.
Ankles felt okay throughout, but right knee isn't happy today.
Monday Oct 26, 2020 #
3 PM
Walking 1:17:47 6.63 km (11:44 / km)
ahr:88 max:123 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
HP and neighborhood, starting in the very light drizzle. None when we finished, just wet trails. About 56 and overcast, of course.
Sunday Oct 25, 2020 #
Event: Badger 1Day only
11 AM
Walking 19:08 1.2 km (15:57 / km) +18m 14:50 / km
ahr:104 max:117 shoes: 2019 VJ Falcon 6.5 scot
Parking to start of Adv 1 UsynligO course designed by Greg A. Mid 40s and sunny. Rocky and sometimes eroded due to heavy four-wheel ATV use.
Orienteering 1:27:41 *** 3.87 km (22:39 / km) +56m 21:07 / km
ahr:106 max:152 spiked:12/13c shoes: 2019 VJ Falcon 6.5 scot
UsynligO course at Stafford Meadows, Montage Mountain near Scranton (thanks, Greg!), Adv 1, 3.3 km.
Nice area with good visibility, but tough footing (ankles of steel needed!). I taped my ankles *and* took a hiking pole today to make keeping my balance easier.
There was abundant blueberry, from knee to waist high in places; and less abundant greenbriar (mostly in nominally wet areas mapped as marshes (but dry now), plus scattered smallish scrubby oaks and pines (I did also notice one hemlock). Rocky underfoot in many places (though not as much as at Stony Run!) so I was glad to have the hiking pole there. Rock features were mostly well-mapped, though in some cases the tone played when I wasn't near any outstanding rock.
I liked the hilltop control (#10, I think), from which I could see well across the valley. I approached from below the large cliff line, but the view might be even better from above the cliffs. I dropped down to the trail in a rocky but passable area and only later noticed a distinct trail a bit to the north in the terrain (do the ATVs go up there???) and on the map.
Nice area with good visibility, but tough footing (ankles of steel needed!). I taped my ankles *and* took a hiking pole today to make keeping my balance easier.
There was abundant blueberry, from knee to waist high in places; and less abundant greenbriar (mostly in nominally wet areas mapped as marshes (but dry now), plus scattered smallish scrubby oaks and pines (I did also notice one hemlock). Rocky underfoot in many places (though not as much as at Stony Run!) so I was glad to have the hiking pole there. Rock features were mostly well-mapped, though in some cases the tone played when I wasn't near any outstanding rock.
I liked the hilltop control (#10, I think), from which I could see well across the valley. I approached from below the large cliff line, but the view might be even better from above the cliffs. I dropped down to the trail in a rocky but passable area and only later noticed a distinct trail a bit to the north in the terrain (do the ATVs go up there???) and on the map.
1 PM
Walking 21:19 1.29 km (16:28 / km) +31m 14:42 / km
ahr:105 max:135 shoes: 2019 VJ Falcon 6.5 scot
Walk back to parking, taking a slightly different route (less used so less rocky).
Saturday Oct 24, 2020 #
12 PM
Walking 1:16:35 7.32 km (10:28 / km) +35m 10:13 / km
ahr:96 max:130 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
More nodes, completing a couple of streets.
Started out partly sunny and 68, but the breeze brought clouds and dropped the temp to 64 by the time I got back.
Started out partly sunny and 68, but the breeze brought clouds and dropped the temp to 64 by the time I got back.
Friday Oct 23, 2020 #
2 PM
Biking (Gravel trail) 1:29:23 23.32 km (3:50 / km) +32m 3:48 / km
ahr:98 max:149 shoes: Trek DS 3 hybrid
D&R Rail Trail south from Frenchtown, NJ, until just across from Point Pleasant PA, and back. Tired on the way back, plus my foot fell asleep.
Upper 60s and overcast until just before we turned around when the sun came out. Nice day!
Upper 60s and overcast until just before we turned around when the sun came out. Nice day!
Walking 44:22 2.55 km (17:26 / km)
ahr:80 max:139
Short walk after the bike ride to shake out the legs (and cross the Delaware). Forgot to stop my watch back at the car, so adjusted time/distance.
Thursday Oct 22, 2020 #
Note
Our backyard had a visitor today taking advantage of the catch basin being mowed (and disrupting the rodent residents). Here's one course of his lunch...
3 PM
Walking 1:16:10 6.77 km (11:15 / km) +73m 10:40 / km
ahr:93 max:123 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
Neighborhoods, adding a couple more nodes, including one road that's only a driveway for about five or six houses. Just about 70 and again overcast (fog again this morning). Weird weather for October.
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020 #
2 PM
Walking 1:43:35 9.33 km (11:06 / km) +11m 11:02 / km
ahr:92 max:126 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
More nodes. I think there's only one more reasonable reachable-from-home area to pick up.
Mid 60s, humid, and overcast almost the entire time; a bit of light mizzle the first 1/2 hour or so; the sun peeked out for the last 10 minutes.
Enjoyed the various Halloween decorations some people have put out.
(The only wildlife spotted were squirrels, a couple of crows, a blue jay, and not much else.)
Mid 60s, humid, and overcast almost the entire time; a bit of light mizzle the first 1/2 hour or so; the sun peeked out for the last 10 minutes.
Enjoyed the various Halloween decorations some people have put out.
(The only wildlife spotted were squirrels, a couple of crows, a blue jay, and not much else.)
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020 #
12 PM
Walking 1:34:51 8.9 km (10:40 / km) +104m 10:04 / km
ahr:99 max:138 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
Neighborhood node collecting. Upper 60s, cloudy to start, sunny by the time I finished. Tired. ;-)
Monday Oct 19, 2020 #
11 AM
Walking 1:12:00 7.32 km (9:50 / km) +59m 9:27 / km
ahr:106 max:144 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
Neighborhoods, collecting CityStrides nodes that were close and I had missed (basically, road extensions or connectors).
Low 60s and overcast.
Low 60s and overcast.
2 PM
Biking (rail trail) 1:12:26 14.78 km (4:54 / km) +50m 4:49 / km
ahr:108 max:153 shoes: Trek DS 3 hybrid
I rode on the Columbia Trail rail trail north from High Bridge borough in NJ, while Glen crossed the river (S Branch of the Raritan) below the Lake Solitude dam to ride mtb trails off Nassau Rd.
Mid 60s and mostly cloudy, though the sun was peeking out during the last part of the ride. Checked out the pump track near parking (about a dozen kids riding there), then started back on the trail to intercept Glen which I did within minutes of heading out.
A lot of faerie/gnome/elf villages have been set up along the trail, particularly within a mile or two of parking areas...most consist of some birdhouses and figurines. There was also a plastic-dinosaur village shortly before I turned around close to 4 miles up the trail from where I started. ;-)
Mid 60s and mostly cloudy, though the sun was peeking out during the last part of the ride. Checked out the pump track near parking (about a dozen kids riding there), then started back on the trail to intercept Glen which I did within minutes of heading out.
A lot of faerie/gnome/elf villages have been set up along the trail, particularly within a mile or two of parking areas...most consist of some birdhouses and figurines. There was also a plastic-dinosaur village shortly before I turned around close to 4 miles up the trail from where I started. ;-)
Sunday Oct 18, 2020 #
11 AM
Walking warm up/down 5:28 0.36 km (15:19 / km) +14m 12:52 / km
ahr:100 max:116 shoes: Inov8 ORoc280-B 2013-10
To start.
Orienteering 1:57:24 *** 5.07 km (23:08 / km) +148m 20:11 / km
ahr:101 max:146 spiked:17/19c shoes: Inov8 ORoc280-B 2013-10
UsynligO Dusk O course at Stony Run north of Stroudsburg. Mid 50s and mostly sunny.
Fun course, but I went slowly (taped both ankles) to avoid any more ankle twists on the rocky ground which was in a lot of places. Woods were open where mapped as white; green was largely smaller pine saplings. Lots of blueberry in some places but not all over; lots of ferns too. Visibility excellent except in the saplings.
Waited for tone a couple times (#5-boulder especially), and left #4 in wrong direction, but otherwise had a great time given the ankle problem. Nice area.
Fun course, but I went slowly (taped both ankles) to avoid any more ankle twists on the rocky ground which was in a lot of places. Woods were open where mapped as white; green was largely smaller pine saplings. Lots of blueberry in some places but not all over; lots of ferns too. Visibility excellent except in the saplings.
Waited for tone a couple times (#5-boulder especially), and left #4 in wrong direction, but otherwise had a great time given the ankle problem. Nice area.
5 PM
Walking 33:49 2.85 km (11:52 / km)
ahr:98 max:111
A little bit extra around the neighborhood to get more distance.
Saturday Oct 17, 2020 #
2 PM
Walking 1:03:41 6.34 km (10:03 / km) +54m 9:38 / km
ahr:105 max:136 shoes: 2019 Altra LP4.0 9 rspb
On Plainfield Twp rail trail, from Knitters Hill Rd parking lot. Upper 50s and sunny.
Trail is pretty shaded most of the way so this would be a good mid-summer rail trail ride. Had planned about an hour while Glen ran, and turned around just a bit after 30 minutes because there was a terrain feature to check out...an old slate quarry. There were other quarry remnants visible farther south on the trail as well. Saw one bow hunter scanning along the powerline break when I was on my way back.
Glen caught up to me a few road crossings N of where we parked. When I got back to parking he'd been a ways south and said there was an interesting bridge across the Little Bushkill Creek about 1/2 km down the trail, so I extended my walk (separate track).
Trail is pretty shaded most of the way so this would be a good mid-summer rail trail ride. Had planned about an hour while Glen ran, and turned around just a bit after 30 minutes because there was a terrain feature to check out...an old slate quarry. There were other quarry remnants visible farther south on the trail as well. Saw one bow hunter scanning along the powerline break when I was on my way back.
Glen caught up to me a few road crossings N of where we parked. When I got back to parking he'd been a ways south and said there was an interesting bridge across the Little Bushkill Creek about 1/2 km down the trail, so I extended my walk (separate track).
3 PM
Walking 11:10 1.0 km (11:07 / km)
ahr:105 max:148 shoes: 2019 Altra LP4.0 9 rspb
To see the bridge over the Little Bushkilll. Parallel trails at the bridge with a raised platform between them...
A short way north of the bridge on the W side there was a large boulder?? off in the woods with a tree and moss growing on it. If there hadn't been other people on the trail I might have gone to check it out.
A short way north of the bridge on the W side there was a large boulder?? off in the woods with a tree and moss growing on it. If there hadn't been other people on the trail I might have gone to check it out.
Friday Oct 16, 2020 #
3 PM
Walking 1:12:45 7.56 km (9:37 / km)
ahr:107 max:132 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
Park with double loop around lower fields, and neighborhood. Mid 50s and light drizzle.
Thursday Oct 15, 2020 #
11 AM
Hiking 2:41:00 * 7.5 km (21:28 / km) +106m 20:03 / km
ahr:93 max:142 shoes: 2015 Altra LP2.0-9 lime
Hiked at Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain near Scranton. We had planned to go yesterday but the car's dead battery delayed us enough we would have gotten a much later start. As it was, today was a fantastic day to be there with temps around 70, full sun, and a light breeze. The colors were probably stunning a week ago, but some trees and shrubs still had brilliant leaves to photograph (pics later, maybe).
We hiked up the road first, then turned right to take the loop of Blueberry Trail beyond the road. Power line road to Stonehenge Trail, along which were some impressive 1.5-2.5m blocky boulders of mostly conglomerate with some sandstone. We stopped near the viewpoint to eat sandwiches we'd brought, then continued on, eventually joining the Conglomerate Loop (we did the uphill portion). The vegetation was much lower here and it smelled like the area had been burned (the website above mentions planned burns). When we reached another road we crossed it to take Bruised Ego back to the parking area. Mountain biking is allowed here, accounting for some of the trail names, I think. Too technical for me.
I was going to take hiking poles to help me keep my balance and not reinjure my ankle but left them at home, so put on extra taping to stabilize it, and did fine with just that (and watching where my feet were going). Not many birds (blue jays, some kind of small hawk, a few butterflies) but nice views and neat woodlands.
We made a Starbucks stop in Scranton and then continued on to Archbald Pothole State Park, and walked around there some after looking into the pothole (but didn't track it). And we went to check out the Lackawanna train viaduct over the Tunkhannock Creek, 2,375' long, 240' high, with 10 concrete arches across the broad creek valley. Impressive.
We hiked up the road first, then turned right to take the loop of Blueberry Trail beyond the road. Power line road to Stonehenge Trail, along which were some impressive 1.5-2.5m blocky boulders of mostly conglomerate with some sandstone. We stopped near the viewpoint to eat sandwiches we'd brought, then continued on, eventually joining the Conglomerate Loop (we did the uphill portion). The vegetation was much lower here and it smelled like the area had been burned (the website above mentions planned burns). When we reached another road we crossed it to take Bruised Ego back to the parking area. Mountain biking is allowed here, accounting for some of the trail names, I think. Too technical for me.
I was going to take hiking poles to help me keep my balance and not reinjure my ankle but left them at home, so put on extra taping to stabilize it, and did fine with just that (and watching where my feet were going). Not many birds (blue jays, some kind of small hawk, a few butterflies) but nice views and neat woodlands.
We made a Starbucks stop in Scranton and then continued on to Archbald Pothole State Park, and walked around there some after looking into the pothole (but didn't track it). And we went to check out the Lackawanna train viaduct over the Tunkhannock Creek, 2,375' long, 240' high, with 10 concrete arches across the broad creek valley. Impressive.
8 PM
Note
Glen and I each wore our Garmin FR 235s and pretty much walked all the same places, but his track measures .150 miles longer than mine. Weird.
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020 #
3 PM
Hiking 1:46:29 5.57 km (19:08 / km) +35m 18:33 / km
ahr:87 max:127 shoes: 2015 Altra LP2.0-9 lime
Franko Park, looking for birds (thus the stopping and starting) and seeing a few but they were frustratingly skittish and would go hide as I approached. I managed to ID cardinals, white throated sparrows, a junco, and a red winged blackbird (call), but was only able to photograph a rabbit, who obligingly stood still for a minute. Mid 60s and sunny. Love this kind of mid-October weather.
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020 #
2 PM
Walking 1:02:47 6.41 km (9:48 / km)
ahr:105 max:152 shoes: 2019 Altra LP4.0 9 rspb
Lehigh Parkway (while Glen ran). Going well almost the entire way, except I turned my right ankle again with a couple minutes left to go ... but I was able to get moving again. I hadn't taped or otherwise supported it because these are pretty flat trails, so I need to keep doing that (parts of it are paved; parts are gravel, and there was a larger loose rock that I think I stepped on the wrong way).
Low 60s, overcast.
1" of rain from TS Delta.
Low 60s, overcast.
1" of rain from TS Delta.
Monday Oct 12, 2020 #
Yoga 50:00 [1]
Deanna's gentle yoga class was a nice change for a rainy day.
Sunday Oct 11, 2020 #
11 AM
Walking 1:40:11 9.69 km (10:21 / km) +163m 9:32 / km
ahr:106 max:148 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
Applebutter Hill Rd loop, plus part of Skyview and Majestic Drives (they're on the ridge we can see south of our place down in the valley). Mid 60s and overcast as the upper level winds from the north fight against TS Delta from which we expect some rain tonight.
Saturday Oct 10, 2020 #
10 AM
Walking 1:05:10 5.63 km (11:35 / km) +35m 11:14 / km
ahr:92 max:122 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
Curly Horse neighborhood and Hopewell Park, with Glen. Overcast this morning but clearing up (blue sky to the north); low 60s.
Friday Oct 9, 2020 #
11 AM
Hiking 1:34:17 5.83 km (16:10 / km) +143m 14:24 / km
ahr:95 max:141 (injured) shoes: 2015 Altra LP2.0-9 lime
Taped my ankles and took a hike, mostly on the park road, while Glen re-ran a UsynligO course at Hickory Run SP. I did venture onto the Ridge Trail between the maintenance area and the road ford; picked up a stick for a hiking pole and went slowly due to rockiness and the occasional downed branches blocking the trail (at the start, for one thing!). Almost 60.
I made it up to Camp Shehaqua about the time Glen finished the course, so we walked back to the car together.
I made it up to Camp Shehaqua about the time Glen finished the course, so we walked back to the car together.
2 PM
Biking 1:15:29 17.74 km (4:15 / km) +117m 4:07 / km
ahr:136 max:185 shoes: Trek DS 3 hybrid
D&L rail trail S from the Tannery parking lot at Lehigh Gorge. We checked out a couple of old locks from the mid 1800s (a 30-hour rainstorm washed logs down the Lehigh which destroyed some of the locks in 1862), and Mud and Sandy Runs...too many small trees in the way for a good view of Hickory Run. Leaves are turning, adding some yellows and reds to the hillsides, but this area is not at peak yet. Mid 60s, sunny.
Wore HR strap, but am pretty sure it didn't have good contact. 185 seems rather high. :-)
Wore HR strap, but am pretty sure it didn't have good contact. 185 seems rather high. :-)
Thursday Oct 8, 2020 #
2 PM
Walking 1:13:10 6.55 km (11:10 / km)
ahr:96 max:125 (injured) shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
Well, this was encouraging, to say the least! Ankle was feeling significantly better this morning, and so I figured I could try a longer walk, with perhaps more speed than yesterday's shuffle.
I had taken yesterday's tape off, but re-taped before this outing. Only some periods of tenderness; otherwise an almost normal walk, albeit a bit slower than I've been doing (didn't think pushing speed was a good idea).
62, sunny and breezy with scattered clouds, so a long-sleeved shirt felt right even though I pushed the sleeves up occasionally.
I had taken yesterday's tape off, but re-taped before this outing. Only some periods of tenderness; otherwise an almost normal walk, albeit a bit slower than I've been doing (didn't think pushing speed was a good idea).
62, sunny and breezy with scattered clouds, so a long-sleeved shirt felt right even though I pushed the sleeves up occasionally.
Wednesday Oct 7, 2020 #
1 PM
Walking 26:52 1.8 km (14:57 / km)
ahr:91 max:109 (injured) shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
Test walk after straining my ankle at the end of yesterday's hike (d'oh!). Taped it because neoprene compression strap didn't fit in my shoes. Took acetaminophen first; ankle was starting to feel somewhat better by the time I reached a mile. Elevating it now.
Low 70s, sunny, and quite breezy.
Low 70s, sunny, and quite breezy.
Tuesday Oct 6, 2020 #
2 PM
Hiking 1:22:26 5.84 km (14:07 / km) +160m 12:26 / km
ahr:100 max:128 shoes: 2019 Altra LP4.0 9 rspb
Star Village/Mountaintop Campus hike, mostly on trails/bike trails. Saw one biker, in two separate parts of the park. :-) I wouldn't want to bike those trails; rocks are too large for my comfort. Temps in upper 60s (sunny but I was in the woods most of the time). I took an O map so I knew where the trails went.
The track is pretty wonky as I didn't jump around the mountain but stayed on the trails, so distance/climb are probably a bit less.
Shortly before reaching the parking lot at the end, though, I wasn't looking where my foot was stepping and my right ankle turned over on a piece of broken pavement (old road bed parallel to Mountain Rd). I could walk on it back to the car, but I'm icing it now. This may cut into my mileage for the month. :-(
The track is pretty wonky as I didn't jump around the mountain but stayed on the trails, so distance/climb are probably a bit less.
Shortly before reaching the parking lot at the end, though, I wasn't looking where my foot was stepping and my right ankle turned over on a piece of broken pavement (old road bed parallel to Mountain Rd). I could walk on it back to the car, but I'm icing it now. This may cut into my mileage for the month. :-(
Monday Oct 5, 2020 #
3 PM
Biking (Dirt) 59:55 8.33 km (7:12 / km) +70m 6:54 / km
ahr:127 max:155 shoes: Trek DS 3 hybrid
Nockamixon bike trails. Forgot to start watch until partway through Eastern Woods. Adjusted time and distance for logging here.
Mid 60s and partly cloudy, cool to start in short sleeves but I warmed up quickly. :-)
Same route as last time here except I did the fire road and Cold Spot counter-clockwise. Otherwise exactly the same, so I borrowed distance/time
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Mid 60s and partly cloudy, cool to start in short sleeves but I warmed up quickly. :-)
Same route as last time here except I did the fire road and Cold Spot counter-clockwise. Otherwise exactly the same, so I borrowed distance/time
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Sunday Oct 4, 2020 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 1:09:43 4.59 km (15:11 / km) +82m 13:56 / km
ahr:121 max:154 spiked:6/10c shoes: Inov8 ORoc280-B 2013-10
DVOA Hibernia Brown course, 3.3 km, 69m climb
Not clean to 2, 6, 10; relocated on 8 from the stone wall segment to the east. Forgot to take splits at 1, 4.
Didn't feel like subjecting myself to a longer course on this green map; this was plenty and I found plenty of low prickly stuff. But it's another beautiful, sunny fall day with temps in the mid 60s.
Not clean to 2, 6, 10; relocated on 8 from the stone wall segment to the east. Forgot to take splits at 1, 4.
Didn't feel like subjecting myself to a longer course on this green map; this was plenty and I found plenty of low prickly stuff. But it's another beautiful, sunny fall day with temps in the mid 60s.
12 PM
Walking 6:26 0.51 km (12:43 / km)
ahr:102 max:106 shoes: Inov8 ORoc280-B 2013-10
A little walkabout to cool down and add a bit more distance.
2 PM
Hiking 1:38:28 5.37 km (18:20 / km) +58m 17:24 / km
ahr:103 max:137
Walked Yellow trail at Sadsbury Woods Preserve, which loops out to where the Compass Quarry was, but we never saw what looked like a quarry, just a bunch of boulders here and there. (No compasses, either.)
We may have missed the better part of the quarry. Someone hiked it in winter and found more rocks.
Woods had large trees but lots of greenbriar and raspberry undergrowth.
We did see a bird whichwe think is an ovenbird birders at the Audubon Society identified as a Swainson's thrush, and a snake which at first appeared to be a garter (black, yellowish stripes) but then it took a defensive posture and we noted more markings than a garter snake usually has. Hmmm.
Preserve map:
Giant quart boulders near the Yellow trail:
Swainson's thrushOvenbird?
Snake
We may have missed the better part of the quarry. Someone hiked it in winter and found more rocks.
Woods had large trees but lots of greenbriar and raspberry undergrowth.
We did see a bird which
Preserve map:
Giant quart boulders near the Yellow trail:
Swainson's thrush
Snake
Saturday Oct 3, 2020 #
Event: POSTPONED - EMPO One day NRE
4 PM
Walking 47:55 4.91 km (9:46 / km) +43m 9:21 / km
ahr:112 max:150 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
Started watch late, so track doesn't show from home to intersection where I actually started the watch; calculated at .44 km and 4:18. About 62 and sunny; I wore long sleeves and felt plenty warm in the sun but just right in the shade, of which there was a lot in the uphill loop.
5 PM
Walking 13:01 1.17 km (11:05 / km)
ahr:108 max:121 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
Cool down walk plus more distance
Friday Oct 2, 2020 #
11 AM
Walking 31:51 3.32 km (9:36 / km)
ahr:102 max:125 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
To the park, around the loop, and back. Just over 2 miles.
62, breezy and sunny.
62, breezy and sunny.
3 PM
Walking 1:07:00 6.86 km (9:46 / km) +39m 9:30 / km
ahr:111 max:144 shoes: Altra Torin Plush4-silv
Decided I didn't want to bike on roads, so I walked around the block. Mid 60s, still sunny and breezy.
Thursday Oct 1, 2020 #
10 AM
Note
We signed up for the D&L Trail Challenge to support the D&L rail trail which we sometimes bike on. I'm signed up for the walk challenge, 52.4 miles in the month of October. Between my regular walks, orienteering, and hiking, I did at least that in September, even with biking days thrown in.
I have 5.021 miles to count for today. :-)
I have 5.021 miles to count for today. :-)
11 AM
Walking warm up/down 14:05 0.97 km (14:35 / km) +79m 10:20 / km
ahr:114 max:136 shoes: Inov8 ORoc280-B 2013-10
To start of Shickshinny courses, 1:10000 KP map by GregA, 5m contours
Mid 60s and sunny...another gorgeous day in the Poconos.
Mid 60s and sunny...another gorgeous day in the Poconos.
12 PM
Orienteering 1:33:32 *** 5.05 km (18:31 / km) +97m 16:54 / km
ahr:114 max:156 spiked:11/13c shoes: Inov8 ORoc280-B 2013-10
Shickshinny2 Adv1 course, 4.3km nominal. Started from the top of the hill east of the powerline break, on the northern big ridge in this area.
I had planned to use UsynligO along with the map but realized about halfway through the drive up that my phone was sitting on the end table in the living room.... So I had to be sure where I was and actually find the circled features before taking a split. ;-) (or relocate the regular way)
The woods were just as nice as they've been before (except for one place with greenbriar, but you can stomp it down as you go), and I enjoyed this course which took me a few places I've been before (around #9, for which I'm glad, because I keep getting mixed up there) and a number of areas I hadn't visited yet (11-12). To get from 11-12 you have to get past a very long, high cliff or a very loose-rocky spur...I climbed up the reentrant around the spur to get to the less scary other side.
En route to the last control I saw a couple-foot-high stone wall along the trail (probably old access road), very well made. And a neat looking spider whose web I had to move to get past it on the trail. (The one I saw had a yellow back, not orange, so probably a male, considering the photos at the link. This spider is also called a Halloween spider. ;-)
Not sure about the depression at the last control, though I saw a likely candidate; and I didn't actually reach the trail junction for the finish, but I was close.
I had planned to use UsynligO along with the map but realized about halfway through the drive up that my phone was sitting on the end table in the living room.... So I had to be sure where I was and actually find the circled features before taking a split. ;-) (or relocate the regular way)
The woods were just as nice as they've been before (except for one place with greenbriar, but you can stomp it down as you go), and I enjoyed this course which took me a few places I've been before (around #9, for which I'm glad, because I keep getting mixed up there) and a number of areas I hadn't visited yet (11-12). To get from 11-12 you have to get past a very long, high cliff or a very loose-rocky spur...I climbed up the reentrant around the spur to get to the less scary other side.
En route to the last control I saw a couple-foot-high stone wall along the trail (probably old access road), very well made. And a neat looking spider whose web I had to move to get past it on the trail. (The one I saw had a yellow back, not orange, so probably a male, considering the photos at the link. This spider is also called a Halloween spider. ;-)
Not sure about the depression at the last control, though I saw a likely candidate; and I didn't actually reach the trail junction for the finish, but I was close.
1 PM
Orienteering 25:16 *** 1.42 km (17:51 / km) +51m 15:06 / km
ahr:115 max:149 spiked:4/5c shoes: Inov8 ORoc280-B 2013-10
Since I had time before the two hours agreed on, I headed out on the Bonus map (1:7500 blowup of the detailed area along the road to the active quarry which is off the east edge of the map), starting at the mapped finish (same as the Adv1 course) and working backwards...9-8-7-6, then decided I didn't want to descend and climb to the next ridge to go for 5 but instead tried to find #2. I think I got far enough down the ridge but not sure I ever saw it. It wasn't far from the main trail/road, though, so I dropped to the road and headed back to the car.
2 PM
Walking 9:22 0.64 km (14:33 / km)
ahr:118 max:125 shoes: Inov8 ORoc280-B 2013-10
From the Bonus course start triangle back to the car.