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Chavenelle Trail Run Time: 63:43 + 2-minute kick I never really made it to the Pond Loop, and after the insect debacle the day before, I was a little wary of marsh terrain. I was looking at trails near the Mississippi River, but then I noticed there was a “trail” that ran right past myContinue reading “Asbury, IA”

Oconto River State Trail Run Time: 63:42 + 2-minute kick Last sales stop of the day was up in Marinette, just south of the Wisconsin/Michigan UP border, and my hotel was down in the Neenah area. All Trails showed this trail right next to I-41. Looked promising. And it ran perpendicular to the Interstate, soContinue reading “Oconto, WI”

Ice Age Trail Run Time: 63:41 + 2-minute kick I had some difficulty finding a hotel room for the first night of this trip. Most hotels were not available, and those that were had room rates of $800+. What the hell could be going on in Milwaukee in early July? It’s kind of a coolContinue reading “Delafield, WI”

Creek Ridge County Park Run Time: 63:33 + 2-minute kick AllTrails for the win again. I drove our youngest to Chicago for a flight back to Oregon, listening to his music all the way — some fantastic jazz that made the drive very enjoyable. I then visited two of our big customers there. My hotelContinue reading “Waterford, IN”

Red Deer South Bank Trail Run Time: 63:29 + 2-minute kick All Trails finally comes through. My last stop of the sales day was in Red Deer, and I was driving down to a hotel just north of Calgary, and I took a quick glance at the All Trails app and found a few optionsContinue reading “Red Deer, AB”

Chinook Middle School Run Time: 63:23 + 2-minute kick End of a long drive. Hot. Tired. Cannot find anyone who wants to make money by selling our line in Tri-Cities. Put the hotel location into my map app rather than the AllTrails trail I wanted to drive to. Almost didn’t run at all. Then IContinue reading “Kennewick, WA”

Perry Canyon Trail Run Time: 63:22 + 2-minute kick A return to Utah, to elevation, to desert sunshine. Felt great to be in the arid heights. I miss seeing the Wasatch Mountains from the back yard, although we enjoy stunning sunsets regularly on our Michigan deck. Utah is probably a better place to visit thanContinue reading “Perry, UT”

West Fargo High School Run Time: 38:18 + 1-lap kick These photos refer to places I tried to run between Minot and Fargo that did not work out. No need for photos of West Fargo High School’s track — I shared those 2 weeks ago. I left Minot around noon with no more sales stopsContinue reading “Back to the Fargo, Episode 2”

Esterhazy High School Run Time: 63:18 + 2-minute kick Esterhazy is a small Canadian town where one of our distributors has a two-person outpost. It is near the western border of Manitoba, where I had spent most of the day in Winnipeg and Brandon, on my way over to Saskatoon and Regina. My stopover inContinue reading “Esterhazy, SK”

City Streets and Sidewalks Run Time: 48:13 + 2-minute kick Doesn’t Willow Lake look like a perfect body of water around which to run? On Street view you could see a path going all the way around the lake, even cutting across one section on some sort of bridge, which you can see in theContinue reading “Vadnais Heights, MN”