Going For A Walk – One Week Out
Just over a week from today, I’ll head off on the first leg of my walk from Cape May to Atlantic City, and ultimately, the entire Jersey Shore. I’ll be heading out to Lewes, Delaware, on Friday night and spending Saturday in Delaware with Morgan. I’ll catch an afternoon ferry from Lewes to Cape May, and we’ll be off.
Continue reading “Going For A Walk – One Week Out”Monday Morning Moment: Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Good morning. This picture was taken along Wildlife Drive at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel, Florida, in March 2019.
Sanibel is really a unique place within Florida and the United States. In a different universe, developers covered the island in high rises, chain restaurants, and waterparks, all taking advantage of the unbelievable beaches and world-renowned shelling. But it isn’t. There are a few larger condo buildings and resorts, sure, but they’re low and spread out. By and large, the island remains gloriously unspoiled. There are no stoplights, almost all local stores and restaurants, and a vast amount of preserved nature. Ding Darling is part of this.
Continue reading “Monday Morning Moment: Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge”Park Views: Rock Creek Park’s Miller Cabin
Those who’ve traveled through Rock Creek Park just north of Military Road may have seen a small wood structure set between the creek and Beach Drive. It’s known as Miller Cabin, and it provides a unique glimpse into DC’s past. But why is it even here? Let’s take a closer look.
Continue reading “Park Views: Rock Creek Park’s Miller Cabin”Going For A Walk: The Jersey Shore
Even though I grew up in New Jersey, I never felt particularly connected to the shore in the way some people I knew were. I had friends whose parents rented the same house in the same town for two weeks every summer. When I was very young, my grandparents had a shore house. My aunt and uncle have had a home in Ortley Beach for years, where they spend half of their time these days. Still, anyone who’s lived in New Jersey knows there are “shore people.” I am not one of them.
Continue reading “Going For A Walk: The Jersey Shore”State Park Spotlight: Calvert Cliffs State Park
For some of the Chesapeake Bay’s most dramatic and distinctive coastal scenery, head down to southern Maryland’s Calvert Cliffs State Park. It’s a trip to the beach and a trip back in time, all rolled into one outing.
Continue reading “State Park Spotlight: Calvert Cliffs State Park”Park Views: Piney Branch Parkway
If you drive through Northwest Washington, DC, chances are you may have found yourself on Piney Branch Parkway, an offshoot of the more well-known Beach Drive. It’s a nice drive, but how does it measure up on foot? We’re taking a closer look in today’s Park Views.
Continue reading “Park Views: Piney Branch Parkway”Park Views: A Walk To Boulder Bridge
I walked to Boulder Bridge along Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park today. It’s one of my favorite areas of the park and gave me a great chance to mess around with my new GoPro.
Continue reading “Park Views: A Walk To Boulder Bridge”A Walk at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Just a few blocks from a freeway and five miles from the U.S. Capitol sits Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens. This small, often-ignored park is one of the most unique in the DC area, and is a great choice for an afternoon of easily accessible outdoor exploring.
Continue reading “A Walk at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens”Beach Walks and Slow TV
Beach Walk Vol. 1 – Sanibel Island, Florida, April 6th, 2021.
This is a mid-morning walk down the Sanibel beach, starting in the Middle Gulf Drive area.
I think I first heard of the idea of Slow TV at a party at the apartment of my friends Kyle McKernan and Michelle Kennedy in Princeton, New Jersey, probably in 2018 or 2019. So I should thank them for putting on one of those videos of the trains traveling through Norway.
Recently, I came across Night Walk, a supremely relaxing piece of overnight filler television that kept insomniac Canadians company for seven years in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It is exactly what the name would imply – a first-person style camera walking or driving through the late-night streets of 1986 Toronto. The same three episodes aired every night for years, and in reality, the whole thing was designed as some sort of complicated royalties scam. But 35 years later, it still holds up. You try staying awake watching this.
With the realization that I should get a camera to document this trip, I recently purchased a GoPro Hero8 Black. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the video quality, stability, and versatility so far. I shot this with the camera mounted on my chest using this chest harness.
I find these videos very relaxing, and I hope you do too. There’s more to come – hopefully without my hands bumping into the shot so much.