By virtually hiking, I mean that as I walk (here and there in Canada), my cell phone walking app counts my daily steps, calculates the distance of those steps and moves me that distance along the path I have chosen.
Much of my current trek has been through forest - though occasionally I head down towards the beach.
The sand is a lovely silver-gold colour...
I am reminded that boat-loads of this sand was once transported from Australia to Hawaii - to cover the black volcanic sand that occurs naturally there.
When pineapples were shipped from Hawaii to Australia, sailors hunted for cargo to send back on the boats, to weigh the empty boats down. What better cargo than beautiful golden sand?!!
This created an interesting connection between Australia and Hawaii: Many of the beaches in Hawaii are covered with golden Australian sand!
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