There are 134 basic differences between taking a hike along the Sacramento River in Redding, CA, and strolling, two days later, on the Atlantic Ocean in Scituate, MA.
Here are six of them:
Apparel
The Idiot tends to go for bluish/purplish fashion in green California…
(Photo: Leslie Williams Schwerdt)
…and a greenish tint on the blue Atlantic Ocean in Massachusetts.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
Vegetation
Typical landscape and flora in a hillside gully on the Sacramento River.
Typical landscape and flora on a rocky beach on the Atlantic Ocean.
Companions
Hiking with Leslie Williams Schwerdt, a California childhood friend he’s known since the first grade, on the Sacramento River.
Hiking with his partner Liz Chapin, who he met in 1997 in Monaco, on the Atlantic Ocean.
Lamp Posts
A lamp post and birds flying on the Diestelhorst Bridge over the Sacramento River in Redding, CA.
A large lamp post (aka lighthouse) in Scituate, Massachusetts.
Benches
View of the Sacramento River beyond Leslie Williams Schwerdt sitting on a bench.
View of the Atlantic Ocean beyond Liz Chapin sitting on a bench.
History
A 1915 bridge over the Sacramento River is “historic” in Redding, CA.
A sign at a bridge in Scituate, MA, explains how the oceanside town got its name in 1640.
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