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Climate-friendly and slow travel, equitable access to outdoor recreation, and nature’s awesomeness

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    Slow travel sense - a smell of Ft. Worth, TX
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    Slow travel sense - a smell of Ft. Worth, TX

    Slow travel invites you to engage your senses and notice what you notice.

    In a four video series, I take you on a visit to Fort Worth, TX where I used bike share for the first time as a transit option. I adventured along the Trinity River ... and noticed a distinct smell.

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    Beach walks and slow travel
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    Beach walks and slow travel

    One of the ways you can have a slow travel experience is by planning less, lengthening your stays, being spontaneous, and responding to serendipity. I brought my bike, but I didn’t ride it. Instead, I walked three beaches.

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    Pedaling Olympic Discovery Trail
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    Pedaling Olympic Discovery Trail

    The Olympic Discovery Trail has about 30 miles of paved path through the forest around Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park. The path was a perfect destination to ease two people who enjoy riding bicycles back into pedaling shape.

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    Points in Time - car-free from Portland to Dufur
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    Points in Time - car-free from Portland to Dufur

    With new transit service from Portland to Hood River, it’s possible, and even enjoyable to travel car-free to the little out-of-the-way town of Dufur, Oregon. Dufur is home to a three-story brick hotel, the Balch Hotel, a great place to spend some time. Geologic, cultural, immigrant, and transportation history abounds in the landscape between Hood River and Dufur along the Columbia River.

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