Walking…
I’ve become an urban trekker. Selling my car was not only necessary for my travel plans, but happened at the most wonderful time — as fuel prices rise and fall weather approaches, I get to walk everywhere — I couldn’t ask for a better scenario.
This past Saturday I walked from Charles Village to Camden Yards and then all the way back, after stopping to volunteer at the Baltimore Book Festival in Mt. Vernon for a few hours. Then today, I walked from Charles Village to Canton, and took the bus and Hopkins shuttle back north. I’ve made sure to take alternate routes each time, and sneak down streets I’ve never walked before. Even on the very familiar Calvert, St. Paul, and Charles — streets I’ve walked so many times — I see new things on each trip. I’m taking photos now, so I can capture snippits of this great city to carry with me when I go.
It feels a bit like a ritual — like I’m paying homage to a home I’ve grown to respect and love. It’s a perfect way to prepare to leave, I guess, by enjoying it as much as I can while I’m still here.
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Kel