Truckin’: The Walk That Ate Portland
Great town for walking. Great town for eating. And now the food truck capital of the world. 8.5 miles. 4 hours. 1,000 burned calories. Let's go.
Your Monday #17: 1 minute for your neck
Even if you exercise vigorously for an hour daily, too much sitting the rest of the day significantly increases your risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity. So when you're in front of your TV or computer, do this for a minute, every hour or two.
Easy Hiking & Eating on the Oregon Coast
Easy to find a great hike here. Seems like the entire coastline is preserved, maintained and public. And very, very beautiful. Two, three or four hours on the Cape Sebastian Trail. 1,200 - 1,800 calories burned. Four to seven miles; depends where you decide to turn around.
Your Monday #16: A Stronger Back
Good news: all you need is frequent exercise to maintain muscle strength and mass. At any age. Today's Way comes with a simple, one-minute Way to increase your strength. This month: your back.
Scaling castle walls in Portugal
What a great walk. Right on top. Right along the edge. Of a 9th century Moorish castle. And a romantic 19th century palace. Both in the World Heritage Site of Sintra, Portugal. Three or four hours. Five miles. 1,800 calories. Burned.
Your Monday #15: On your own two feet
A 1-minute exercise to strengthen and train the muscles you use to stay on your feet. A dynamic balance exercise you can do on a balance board or a pillow. Summer's coming: time to get ready for surfing.
Angels Landing: The Wonder
I celebrated National Parks Week a little early this year. I started in Zion National Park. Just before sunrise, on the banks of the Virgin River in southern Utah. Ended up on Angels Landing. It's a wonder you can actually get there. And it's wonderful when you do.
Walk & Eat The Lobster Tail Trails
Maine's Acadia National Park has dozens of scenic trails with wonderful ocean, mountain, bay and island views. And that luscious lobster roll has less than a third of the calories you burned on your Way up and down Sargent Mountain.
The Point of Observation: Seeing Zion
From Observation Point in Zion National Park, you almost sense geological time. You see how a meandering river spent ten million years cutting through thousands of feet of sandstone and limestone. Carving the contours of massive geological features.
Seven Mile Hole
The Yellowstone hike that has it all. Cliffs and mountainsides. Meadows where you expect to see bison. Forests. Wide-open moonscapes with bubbling, steaming geothermal pots. Wildly colorful canyon walls. And the view from the bottom of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River. Right alongside the great rushing river.