Found Squiggly again
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Wednesday, 16 May 07 - 04:16 PM (GMT -09:00) By Chris Beks in Walking Reports |
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I went for a nice walk yesterday, to see if I could find another one of those Squiggly chips. The Dashiell's gave some pretty good directions on their blog, with a map, several pictures, and even a video of the location of the bottle. I figured the map would be OK for me, and so I took that and my camera with me. It was pretty good weather, the sun was out, and the surroundings were just beautiful. The second part of the trail was actually quite muddy, and I would suggest you put on some good hiking boots. I had my boots on, which was good, because on some part of the trail my boots did sink in past my toes. The rain from this past Friday and Saturday didn't help, I'm sure.
Anyway, overall it wasn't that bad, and I had a good walk. I followed the trail on the map, which gave me approx. 3000 steps, added to my total yesterday. There are shorter, quicker ways to get to the bottle, but that takes the fun (and the steps) out of it.
Below I put the pictures into a slide show. If you follow it from the Ski Hut, you should have no problem finding the bottle with Squiggly. I'll try to get out and find the other two geocaches as well this week.
Disclaimer:The opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent those of the University of Alaska.Walking at lunch breaks
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Monday, 14 May 07 - 04:00 PM (GMT -09:00) By Chris Beks in Walking Reports |
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Yep, that's what I'm doing. I'll thank Chris Lott for his suggestion, and I am steadily increasing my steps by just continuing to walk during lunch breaks. I work in downtown Fairbanks, but due to the Beautification Project, there are actually several nice walking routes right along side the Chena River.
The scenery isn't the greatest, but some of the buildings are actually pretty interesting. Many are fairly new. I'll probably take some pictures of stuff around, and post them later on.
So I've been walking just fine, but not blogging as much. The end of the semester, with all of its business, and who knows what else.... I've got some pictures of the Squiggly routes, and will get those up later this week. The weather has been beautiful, and a little breeze is nice. It keeps you cooled down a bit while walking for longer periods of time.
I am looking forward to searching for more poker chips too. I think I'll be able to walk to two of the locations this week. I'll post the results right here when I find them.
Disclaimer:The opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent those of the University of Alaska.Less walking then I would like...
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Monday, 30 April 07 - 12:35 PM (GMT -09:00) By Chris Beks in Walking Reports |
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Yep, that's it. I did not nearly walk as much as I was hoping, planing and thinking I would do this month. Needless to say I did not reach my goal of 20,000 steps a day. I'm a little disappointed in myself, and have been thinking about why I can't seem to increase my steps much more. The past two weeks have been pretty busy at work, with the Certification Review making some pretty big dents in my schedule (including my walking one). Not that I should blame it on that, but that whole process did include a lot of sitting behind a desk to listen to 25 presentations. And that wasn't bad at all, I actually enjoyed it, but sitting doesn't get me many steps.
Last week, trying to catch up on work went well, but it also involved sitting in my office more. I think I will have to get a better way to get my walking in... maybe actually force myself to take a lunch break or something... Well, I'll see what I decide on that.
This afternoon I will go out to find the second geocache, and see if I can find Squiggly for the second time. If I do I will report on that tomorrow.
Disclaimer:The opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent those of the University of Alaska.First full week of walking
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Monday, 16 April 07 - 03:09 PM (GMT -09:00) By Chris Beks in Walking Reports |
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OK, so this past week was a bit of a challenge. Many things on my mind, and a lot on my plate, like anybody else. But I found myself spending more time in the office this week, or in my truck. I still managed to get some walking time in, but not like I wanted to. I keep hovering around 9,000-12,000 steps a day. That's nice, but I'm doing little extra. Except on Saturday, which was the day I put out the birch taps on our birch trees. It involves a lot of walking, much of it still through brush and snow, which is an added increase in activity as well. I managed to get over 17,000 in that day, and I felt pretty worn out afterward too. Maybe this week, if the birch trees start flowing their sap, I will be a more active walker. And that might just get me to the point where I can keep that up too.
Disclaimer:The opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent those of the University of Alaska.
I found Squiggly!
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Monday, 09 April 07 - 02:37 PM (GMT -09:00) By Chris Beks in Squiggly |
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Yep, I went for a short but productive walk on Friday, and found Squiggly! The bottle was right were others said it was. Thank you to Richard Machida for his picture and directions, and thank you to the Dashiell Duo for providing a pretty good map to the location. I had a nice walk, although the snow is getting soft and mushy, and the trails aren't in the greatest shape for walking right now. I would suggest some good boots that can handle a little mud and snow...
Anyway, since I didn't use the same route others used, I figured I would help out with the location of Squiggly as well. Today I went back with a camera, and have yet another way to get to the watter bottle. I used a trail that is fairly wide, and still walkable, even with the soft snow.
Disclaimer:The opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent those of the University of Alaska.A little late, but my walking is started...
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Friday, 06 April 07 - 12:09 PM (GMT -09:00) By Chris Beks in Walking Reports |
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OK, so I wanted to get started right on Monday, but for some reason it slipped my mind. After catching up on email, saw all of the reminders, and signed up. I started walking on Thursday, and got just over 10,000 steps. Not a bad start I think. Although, after checking out the standings on the web site, I think I want to set a goal for this month. By the end of April, I'm hoping to do at least 20,000 steps a day, which would be double of what I did on my first day.
I've picked up my passport and started recording my steps each day. Jennifer, whom I picked up the passport from, said something about country stamps and postcards. She showed me her first one from France. So I searched the site to see what it would take for me to get one. Was I suprised to find that I could request the first stamp from France already! Very nice, I printed it out, and put it in my passport. Nice incentive, I'm looking forward to the next one.
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