Wednesday, May 11, 2011

short walk


From Fenno Street to Furnace Brook Parkway. A half hour walk today. Checked out the trails along the marshes and Black's Creek. Walking the tails gave me a bit of desire to ride them.



Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Trying to get into a daily habit of walking

When for a walk today. To CVS via Quincy Shore Drive. Used to walking from the MBTA, now driving to work, missing these walks. Therefore trying to get a walk in every day.

The weather was awesome for walking near the water. Overcast, breezy, and the best part was hide tide. The dark green water soaking the sea wall and sidewalk. Refreshing anyones spirit.


Sunday, May 8, 2011

Simple walk


This walk is great. You would enjoy views of the ocean when there's breaks in the fog. The smell of the ocean and the cool breeze from it wakes you up and you feel happy to be alive.

2 hours round trip. Wx was cloudy but nice.

Above is a google sat map showing the old Jordan Marsh Warehouse that's next to the walking path.





Sunday, May 1, 2011

Simply Walking


The new job has taken up much of my free time. Now on the weekends I want to save time. Starting this weekend, I have started walking instead of hiking and biking. One neat thing about walking, there is minimal setup time. I don't have to gear up, set up, or even drive to a park.

There's something great about walking out the front door, and your outdoor activity has started all ready.

Day 1: Cloudy Temp in the mid 60s F. I was just going to walk down to the end of Quincy Shore Drive to the CVS to see how long it too. Well at 27 minutes, I felt like that was too quick, so I kept on walking. I walked all the way to Squantum Point Park. I walked there via the paved nature path that's on a side street that's sort of behind Dunken Donuts. This nature path bends around a marshy area that used to on the old grounds of the Naval Airport. In fact, all of Squantum Point Park is on these same grounds. Lots of neat history here. This path leads out to Commander Shea Drive. From there I walked into the Marina Bay roads. These's roads lead right into the Park. Squantum Point park is awesome for: Walking, birdwatching, and enjoying the Boston Harbor views. If you like watching jets on final approach than this park is also great for that. This walk too me just over two hours to complete, round trip.

Day 2: I had so much fun with the first walk, I did the same walk today. This time I ran into and old friend from an old job. It was nice catching up on each other's news. Also this time I checked out another path that I noticed on the other side of Commander Shea. This path was great! It ran along the next to the water, right next to the Boston Scientific building. The path turned into a wooded path that lead into Squatum Point Park. I could not make it to the main paved trails in the park this time, because of bad flooding. So I turned around and found a short path back to a small beach. This walk also took two hours to complete. It was sunny and the temps in the mid 50s F.

Above image shows some APRS pings from the walk: