It's been a long time since I pinned a travel adventure to the map. I've spent a good amount of time lately editing the video footage I shot documenting our departure from England all the way to Miami during these Covid-19 travel compliance's—even sent the GoPro face-up through TSA screening. My first round of edits brought the video down to 44 minutes after I don't know how many hours. The second round brought it down to 23 minutes—long way to go still.
In the middle of doing that, this, and whatever else I'm doing, I've been scoping out local parks and mountain bike trails. I plan on riding the trails I'm surrounded by in these rolling hills of East Tennessee and publishing those videos as well—long way to go still.
That's another cool thing about this blockchain. When your cloud space says "almost full" and you've got your video clip down to 23 minutes, you can delete all of the existing clips and free up some space. As you continue editing your video until finally reaching a reasonable viewing length, you can post your final draft on 3speak where it's eternally saved and remove it from your device—tada!
'Welcome back, cloud space! I hardly noticed your absence.'
I began snapping pictures recently while scoping out these trails. There's over 500 mountain bike trails within 40 miles of me ranging between easy and double black diamond—long way to go still. Images—those eat up space too. So when you're outside making yourself comfortable as a fixture in tranquil space, snap some photos and document the things around you by sharing your experience with the @pinmapple team—make this world even smaller than it already is.
All enhancement free images - iPhone 8
It's a 2n1/2 mile loop used mainly for walking, running, and exercising the dog. The paths are mostly paved with random sections of unpaved trails beginning at a vacant Baptist church and ending at a vacant basketball court—there's a lot of signage along the way.
There's several bridges along the paths crossing over mostly dried up waterways but a few of them still have water trickling through. Along the way are vacant picnic areas with gazebos and bbq grills, vacant playgrounds for the kids, and a few houses who still have Halloween decorations on display.
About those benches—only one seemed to have proper social distancing measures in place and the rest are just proper. Then I found the only swinging bench on the whole trail and, just as I made my way toward it, dude swooped in and stole my seat. He was wearing a mask on his face so, naturally, I assumed he wouldn't share his seat with me—didn't even ask.
Regardless where we are and when we're there, it always seems like the best photos are the one's taken off the beaten path. I think trees grow differently when they're not constantly being bothered. Shadows cast themselves differently, birds are louder, nature just looks different when you make your own way to it.
I was a little over half way at this point and getting dangerously close to being late to pick up Pura. So I increased my steps a little bit lot and didn't stop anymore for pictures. I headed for the car with my phone in front of me while pointing and shooting. Next time I go, I'll load up the bicycle and see what Jean Teague Greenway looks like on pair'0'peddles.
Check, check, and.. ...check
