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[jaunthie]

I had a lot of walking to do today, and not just because I went to the Herbfarm last night. It's two weeks until the 3-Day, and training continues. fisherbear volunteered to come with me on my morning portion of the walk. It was nice to have the company. We walked over to Northgate and back, stopping along the way for coffee at Cloud City Espresso and to say hi to FiTanna. At around mile 7.5, we decided to change course slightly and stop at the local crepe place for lunch. Unfortunately, in so doing, we detoured down a side bit of hill that I haven't walked before, where the sidewalk was in poor repair. I wasn't paying particular attention to what I was doing, and sure enough, I managed to trip on a broken, sunken bit of sidewalk and go sprawling. No serious damage was done, but I was wearing shorts for a change, and I haven't skinned my knees like this since I was a kid. Getting all the bits of dirt out of the scrapes is just as annoying as I remember.

Comments

[hiker-chick.livejournal.com]

How far is Northgate from your house (and back)?

[jaunthie.livejournal.com]

Depends on the walking route I choose. Saturday's route, it's about 3.5 miles to Northgate Village.

[hiker-chick.livejournal.com]

Huh. I don't know why, but Northgate often seems inordinately far (10 mi.?), even though it's only from 65th to 103rd.

[jaunthie.livejournal.com]

Probably because a) there's no direct, one-street route to get there; b) there's a ton of traffic any which way you go; and c) there's lots and lots of hills. It's not that far as the crow flies, but on foot (or in a car) it's a fair distance.