Walking Tacoma

While photographing roses in the Pt. Defiance Park garden, I met this lady. If I hadn't already believed in my little Nikon Coolpix 8700...

I'm surprised to see how long it's been since my last posting; I've been walking more than blogging! Today I directed a geocachi...

As my teaching responsibilities cool down, my walking heats up. The map above shows the territory I've covered by foot so far within our...

I literally took time to smell the roses today. Sprintime is a great time to walk in Tacoma. My wife, Kaaren the Master Gardener, has enhan...

I returned to Pt. Defiance Park on April 24th to hide a geocache I've dubbed "Home Office Eagle." You can read about this geoc...

M y main reason for going to the Point today was for fresh air and exercise on a glorious sunny day. I also had a spiritual reason for goin...

T he north end of Tacoma ends in a sharp point of land that juts into Puget Sound. This tip of our city has been preserved as the well-love...

E ven as Tacoma's new Narrows Bridge is going up, the city is taking down several of its bridges that cross Intestate 5. Some of the bri...

What reason have atheists for saying that we cannot rise again? Which is the more difficult — to be born, or to rise again? That what has ne...

S pring is here, but it's not too late to enjoy Tacoma's Rain Festival. Think I'm kidding? Some folks really do come for the rai...

G reetings and apologies to my loyal readers. I am well, just very busy teaching at this time of year. Nevertheless, I'm walking the str...

T he rain in Spain falls mainly in Tacoma, it would seem. Or at least the rain in the Phillipines is falling here, as we continue to get thr...

The rainy season has come to Tacoma with record-breaking downpours. The county is contending with flooding river banks. Same old, same old f...

Autumn in Tacoma creeps in gently, convincing you she is a friend who will never lose her temper. The sun slants down brightly, painting lea...

The unique decorations people use to adorn their homes and yards delight me as I walk. For example, here's a snorkeling lion at N 27th a...

The Organ in Kilworth Memorial Chapel. A Methodist Episcopal Church group founded what is now UPS in 1888. Please see a timeline of the uni...

Thank you, Walking Tacoma readers, for your patience. This is my busy time of year work-wise, and with the added hassle of our burglary, it...

All right, if you must know, people also steal cars in Tacoma. For example, here's a photo of our front driveway and our two Toyota Cam...

I knew my city wasn't crime free; after all, someone stole Soul Salmon and traded it for bicycle wheels. But a gang of palm tree thiev...

I enjoyed walking 4.2 miles in the UPS district this afternoon. A heavy rain fell around noon, but then the NW clouds thinned slowly to bril...