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Month: February 2021

experiments in cooking

Virtual African Loop: Revisiting in the Kitchen

February 28, 2021February 23, 2021 aka gringita

While I’m “in” Guinea on the trek, it’s a great opportunity to cook some of my favorites so far.

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More virtual postcards

February 27, 2021February 22, 2021 aka gringita

I really like getting the postcards from the Conqueror virtual challenges. I like the images, and I like the historical context in the body of the email.

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Virtual African Loop: Guinea II

February 26, 2021February 22, 2021 aka gringita

My route doubled back a bit and cuts through the southern part of Guinea. Again, I didn’t purposefully miss Liberia; i just looped over to Freetown, Sierra Leone and then clicked in Capetown, South Africa, and let the system pick the southbound route.

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@myvmission / @TheConqueror, there is something wrong with me

Solo Mission NW: Passing myself en route

February 25, 2021February 19, 2021 aka gringita

I’m still slowly approaching Portland and then the Columbia River Gorge. It’s a long way, and more so “on foot”.

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Tagged @myvmission / @TheConqueror
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Down to the nub

February 24, 2021 aka gringita

While most of my cooped-up time goes to pacing or pedaling like a madwoman, or cooking meals to celebrate fictional trips…

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Tagged coping, stress
@myvmission / @TheConqueror, experiments in cooking

More dessert from Sierra Leone

February 23, 2021February 17, 2021 aka gringita

My African Loop continues (which I can pretty much stop saying until probably sometime late in 2022), and for my arrival in Sierra Leone I decided to try a dessert and a beverage.

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Tagged cooking, food
Fitness and Other Temporary Obsessions, flotsam

Virtual Strides: Break the Silence

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 aka gringita

Last year, amid all my Conqueror challenges, I fit in a charity run from Virtual Strides: the Dragonfly.

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Tagged charity, fitness, Health2 Comments
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Reworking the route

February 21, 2021February 12, 2021 aka gringita

In case nearly 18000 miles wasn’t enough distance to try to virtually cover in 3 years (the max timeframe for a solo mission on MyVirtualMission.com), I just tweaked it upwards.

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@myvmission / @TheConqueror, Fitness and Other Temporary Obsessions

Cabot Trail / Cape Breton Island

February 20, 2021February 17, 2021 aka gringita

Not more than a few days before the Cabot Trail challenge was announced by The Conqueror last year, S had said she’d love to go see the Atlantic Maritimes someday.

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Tagged @myvmission / @TheConqueror, friends
@myvmission / @TheConqueror, Fitness and Other Temporary Obsessions

Pedaling virtual Missouri

February 19, 2021February 18, 2021 aka gringita

Route 66 is really really long.

It’s long by car, let alone to pedal it.

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Tagged @myvmission / @TheConqueror

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