Walking Las Vegas: 2022

Las Vegas is fascinating to me. It’s a snow globe of America: The good, the bad, the audacity, the optimism, the heartbreak.

We’ve not been to Las Vegas since 2018. That was for work, but it’s Vegas—you find fun.

We would have been back in 2020—again, the excuse being work. But you know, this whole pandemic was going on, and it seemed prudent not to do the entire “in-person” thing.

But, for 2022, we were back in the first week of December.

Strip to Fremont

Sometime before 2018, Laura and I decided it should be tradition to walk from wherever we’re staying on The Strip to downtown.

We did it the first time on a lark, and it was immensely satisfying to see a third side of Vegas—the one nestled between the Fremont Experience and The Strip.

This year we did it twice.

This is a lightweight walk in the grand scheme of things.

Craig Mod has managed to make a career out of walking. Much longer walks than this. Don’t take my word for it, go check out his website.

While lightweight, it’s the timing of these Vegas walks that’s key.

The Strip is a whole experience, and catching a break from it—to see other parts of The Las Vegas Experience—has become an essential part of our trips.

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A Couple of Nights in Durham

Continuing the trend of getting out for short getaways, we got a dog sitter and scooted out to Durham for a couple of nights. It was overcast Saturday as we wandered around American Tobacco Campus.

A Quick Forest Walk

Some days you just need to get out. As a managed forest, Schenck seems to change more than big chunks of Umstead which is so close to it. I’d never spent much time around the ropes course. The light was interesting.

The Fuji X-T3 continues to impress.

2021 Charlotte ProSolo

Finally had a chance to get photos from the 2021 Charlotte Pro posted. Was a busy, crazy, hectic, short weekend. But we crammed a birthday in to all of it.

AVL: A Quick Walk

I was lazy this morning and didn’t get out until the light was less helpful. Nice to spend an hour and change walking around with a camera and actually taking pictures.