Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Shire - 6/25/24 Postcard but no Blue Bike

 Hi all!  I owe you a post for finishing the Paris challenge on time but finishing the school year and getting ready to take a college class and be in the college class have kept me busy.  This week I'm in Ohio taking a class on American Foreign Policy.  Yes, teachers still take classes even after they've earned their degrees.  The Blue Bike did not join me on this trip (I don't trust the bike rack on my car for the 7 hour drive it took to get to campus) so I decided to track my walking to and from the dorm to class and to meals.  I forgot to track my walking on Sunday but over the past 2 days, I've walked 4.31 miles this week!  

I'm sharing a map of one of my trips across campus this week.  The GPS looks a little wonky but it does show going from one side of campus to the other.

As of this evening, I'm almost 20% of the way through the Shire.  And I'm ahead of the suggested pace for the time goal that I set.



Here's the postcard that came today:


Stretching from Three Farthing Stone in the centre of the Shire all the way down to its southernmost border, this warmer region is renowned for its lush fields and crops. 

Frodo and Sam travel cross-country, as advised by Gandalf, in order to reach Bree. Although still in the Shire, this is an important milestone for Sam, being the farthest away from home he’s ever travelled.

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