


Sometimes you want to go somewhere you know there aren’t any park benches or picnic tables. The ground isn’t an option for you and you can’t count on an appropriate rock or log being handy. This makes the park, viewpoint, bird sanctuary, etc. less accessible for a lot of people.
I’ve mentioned in previews that I’m not very good at guessing distances for park walking paths. My method consists solely of visualizing my junior high’s quarter-mile running track, and then trying to decide if a path I walked is longer or shorter than going around the track. I think we can all agree this is an unreliable method for judging distance.
