{"id":856,"date":"2016-07-25T15:27:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T20:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.limnetwork.net\/?p=856"},"modified":"2016-08-20T21:06:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T02:06:23","slug":"my-change-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.limnetwork.net\/?p=856","title":{"rendered":"My Hiking Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his ongoing journey to the Eagle Scout rank, Eugene has to earn the Hiking merit badge. \u00a0Although he already has 26 merit badges,\u00a0he has yet to to earn five Eagle-required merit badges, including the one for hiking.<\/p>\n<p>As part of fulfilling the merit badge, Eugene has to do six hikes: one 5-mile, three 10-mile, one 15-mile and one 20-mile. \u00a0Eugene did his first 5-mile hike as part of his Second Class rank requirements last year\u00a0and will do his final 10-mile hike at the Morton Arboretum on August 21.<\/p>\n<p>In the last couple of months, I had the opportunity to go on the following hikes with Eugene:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 22: 10-mile hike @ Forest Preserve of Cook County&#8217;s Poplar Creek Trail in Hoffman Estates, Illinois<\/li>\n<li>May 28: 15-mile hike @ Linear Park Trail in Battle Creek, Michigan<\/li>\n<li>June 5: 10-mile hike @ Forest Preserve of Cook County&#8217;s Deer Grove Trail in Palatine, Illinois<\/li>\n<li>June 12: 20-mile hike @ Forest Preserve of Cook County&#8217;s Busse Woods Trail in Elk Grove Village, Illinois<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-870\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.limnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20-Mile-Hike-20160612.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-870\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.limnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20-Mile-Hike-20160612.jpg\" alt=\"20 Mile Hike on June 12, 2016\" width=\"635\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.limnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20-Mile-Hike-20160612.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/blog.limnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20-Mile-Hike-20160612-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.limnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20-Mile-Hike-20160612-768x434.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">20 mile hike on the Busse Woods Trail (June 12, 2016)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Learnings from the hikes include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>My average casual walking speed is about 2.5 miles per hour.<\/li>\n<li>My daily walking distance is anywhere between just under 1 mile to 2 miles.<\/li>\n<li>My daily walking distance at this year&#8217;s summer camping adventure at Camp Napowan was between 8 miles and 17 miles.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-888\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.limnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160528-DSC_1489_1024x576.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-888\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.limnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160528-DSC_1489_1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Eugene on the 15 mile hike at the Battle Creek Linear Park trail (May 28, 2016)\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.limnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160528-DSC_1489_1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.limnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160528-DSC_1489_1024x576-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.limnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160528-DSC_1489_1024x576-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">15 mile hike on the\u00a0Linear Park trail (May 28, 2016)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his ongoing journey to the Eagle Scout rank, Eugene has to earn the Hiking merit badge. \u00a0Although he already has 26 merit badges,\u00a0he has yet to to earn five Eagle-required merit badges, including the one for hiking. 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