rivers

In today's modern world, with our suspension bridges and our amphibious tour buses, rivers still create a great barrier to automobile transportation. I remember how I used to think it was crazy that it took 15-20 minutes to drive to Cherokee Park in Knoxville when I lived practically within sight of it at the Monastery.

During today's boredom, I starting playing with maps. I searched for locations directly across rivers from each other, and I found these anomalies (slowly zoom out to get full effect):

32.7 miles / 1 hour, 4 minute drive-time

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182 miles / 5 hours, 58 minutes drive-time

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And although this doesn't have much to do with rivers, it is nuts: The capital and largest city in all of Greenland (almost 1/3 of the population lives there). Can you imagine?


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I hope someone finds any of this at least a little bit interesting!

i must have done something right

I'm engaged to be married to this girl:


Audrey and I were engaged on August 9, 2009 on top of Mount Roberts in Juneau, Alaska. There was a perfect little spot next to Father Brown's Cross (Whitey's Cross), just a half-mile up the trail from the tram station.



Crêpe, there it is.

imminent attack of the killer fungus

According to the underside of my Snapple cap, there is an underground mushroom in Oregon that measures 3.5 miles across. That is "Real Fact" #340, and it is currently eating away my brain from the inside out.