Septa Bus Routes Updated
The Septa Bus Route timetables were updated on Feb 7th. If you’re using printed copies like me, but sure to print out some fresh copies.How did I find out so quickly ? Perhaps I just obessively check the Septa website everyday ? Nope. Perhaps Septa’s has handy RSS feeds to notifiy their ridership of schedule changes ? Certainly not. I used a sneaky service called “Follow That Page”. It quiely looks at a web page everyday (like the Route 48 PDF schedule), and notifies you if the content changes. Neat.
Running in Disney World
I just spent a long weekend in Walt Disney World visisting with my folks. While I was there, I thought I would get in a bit of running. We stayed in Port Orleans Riverside, and turns out there is a very nice walking/running trail (dotted line beside lake in center) The loop is about a mile long, but to be honest, after the 4 or 5th loops, gets a tad dry.Considering the size of Walt Disney World, I thought it would be easy to find a longer run. Not so much ! I settled on running from Port Orleans Riverside over to the Fort Wilderness Campground, and back. All told, it’s about 6 miles. If you add the loops at both ends, it’s pretty easy to create a 10-mile route.
Here’s a Google Map to get a sense of the run. The bits on Bonnet Creek Parkway and Vista Park Blvd aren’t very runner-friendly, but traffic is light, so not a big deal.
If you’d like, it’s pretty easy to cut off Bonnet Creek Parkway, by walking across the grass by the small lake the corner of Bonnet Creek and Vista Blvd, there’s no fence. You’ll end up on Sassagoula Circle, and it’s very easy to find your way from there to the nice walking/running path at the center of Port Orleans Riverside.