About Renner Anderson
Martha and I enjoy hiking, biking, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing. We combine our hikes with bird watching, fly fishing, and disc golf. Following my retirement in June 2021, we hoped to travel more widely, but COVID restrictions limited our adventures to close to home.
Starting in December 2020, as a COVID accommodation, Martha and I added the cumulative mileage of each local adventure into a "virtual" tour located elsewhere in the world.
You can see our virtual hiking tours in our collection named "Collection of Virtual Hiking Tour Routes" at komoot.com/collection/1791712/-collection-of-virtual-hiking-tour-routes
You can see our virtual biking tours in our collection named "Collection of Virtual Biking Tours Routes" at komoot.com/collection/1791709/-collection-of-virtual-biking-tour-routes.
I feel obligated to explain the number of Pioneer Badges I have accumulated with relatively few highlights. When you live on a "komoot frontier," as I do in the central USA, most of the locations where I create highlights have very few, if any, other "komooters," so I end up being the komoot pioneer by default.
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Renner Anderson and Martha Anderson went for a hike.
August 30, 2025
Martha and I are taking advantage of our new home's location to refamiliarize ourselves with the wonderful walks along the Minnesota River Valley.. Back when I really started birdwatching, in 1976, we lived in South Minneapolis, and the Minnesota River Valley was one of my favorite birding haunts.
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Renner Anderson went for a bike ride.
August 29, 2025
The purpose of this ride was to familiarize ourselves with the bike routes in our new neighborhood, specifically exploring the route to Bredesen Park and back. This is bike ride #40 on our virtual biking tour of the coast of Britain from Greenlawhill, Scotland back to Brighton, England. You can follow our virtual tour displayed on a Google Map at https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1MJ24-HdKi9phI8cGCxBY0pxpkS1FAZw&ll=53.5156732440619%2C-0.8207694999999857&z=6o. Here is a link to our collection of the real-life hikes that we have completed so far on this segment of our virtual hike of the Coast of Britain: https://www.komoot.com/collection/3486180/-virtual-biking-tour-greenlawhill-scotland-to-brighton-england-cycling-the-coast-of-britain. You can see a komoot collection of all our Virtual Biking Tours at this link: https://www.komoot.com/collection/1791709/-collection-of-our-virtual-biking-tours.
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Renner Anderson went for a bike ride.
August 27, 2025
Today we rode this loop—one of our favorites—in the opposite direction from usual. This is bike ride #39 on our virtual biking tour of the coast of Britain from Greenlawhill, Scotland back to Brighton, England.. You can follow our virtual tour displayed on a Google Map at https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1MJ24-HdKi9phI8cGCxBY0pxpkS1FAZw&ll=53.5156732440619%2C-0.8207694999999857&z=6o.. Here is a link to our collection of the real-life hikes that we have completed so far on this segment of our virtual hike of the Coast of Britain:. https://www.komoot.com/collection/3486180/-virtual-biking-tour-greenlawhill-scotland-to-brighton-england-cycling-the-coast-of-britain.. You can see a komoot collection of all our Virtual Biking Tours at this link:. https://www.komoot.com/collection/1791709/-collection-of-our-virtual-biking-tours.
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Renner Anderson went for a bike ride.
August 26, 2025
Twenty-mile round-trip from Welch to Cannon Falls. Perfect. This is bike ride #38 on our virtual biking tour of the coast of Britain from Greenlawhill, Scotland back to Brighton, England. You can follow our virtual tour displayed on a Google Map at https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1MJ24-HdKi9phI8cGCxBY0pxpkS1FAZw&ll=53.5156732440619%2C-0.8207694999999857&z=6o. Here is a link to our collection of the real-life hikes that we have completed so far on this segment of our virtual hike of the Coast of Britain: https://www.komoot.com/collection/3486180/-virtual-biking-tour-greenlawhill-scotland-to-brighton-england-cycling-the-coast-of-britain. You can see a komoot collection of all our Virtual Biking Tours at this link: https://www.komoot.com/collection/1791709/-collection-of-our-virtual-biking-tours.
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Renner Anderson went for a bike ride.
August 25, 2025
We set out on this bike ride to explore the Mid-City Bikeway in Bloomington, Minnesota—a route I discovered while searching for nearby options on the Komoot map. The bikeway spans roughly 7 miles, stretching from Hyland Lake Park Reserve in the west to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport in the east. Unlike a single, dedicated paved trail, it mainly follows on-road routes, blending marked bike lanes with shared streets. During our ride, we followed the Mid-City Bikeway east to Cedar Avenue and then turned north onto the Lake Nokomis–Minnesota River Regional Trail. From there, we pedaled west along the Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail before making our way home. This is bike ride #37 on our virtual biking tour of the coast of Britain from Greenlawhill, Scotland back to Brighton, England. You can follow our virtual tour displayed on a Google Map at https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1MJ24-HdKi9phI8cGCxBY0pxpkS1FAZw&ll=53.5156732440619%2C-0.8207694999999857&z=6o. Here is a link to our collection of the real-life hikes that we have completed so far on this segment of our virtual hike of the Coast of Britain: https://www.komoot.com/collection/3486180/-virtual-biking-tour-greenlawhill-scotland-to-brighton-england-cycling-the-coast-of-britain. You can see a komoot collection of all our Virtual Biking Tours at this link: https://www.komoot.com/collection/1791709/-collection-of-our-virtual-biking-tours.
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Renner Anderson went for a bike ride.
August 23, 2025
The purpose of the ride was to explore a bike trail I had never heard of, the Mid City Bikeway, which I discovered while inspecting the komoot “Plan new” map in our neighborhood. This is bike ride #36 on our virtual biking tour of the coast of Britain from Greenlawhill, Scotland back to Brighton, England. You can follow our virtual tour displayed on a Google Map at https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1MJ24-HdKi9phI8cGCxBY0pxpkS1FAZw&ll=53.5156732440619%2C-0.8207694999999857&z=6o. Here is a link to our collection of the real-life hikes that we have completed so far on this segment of our virtual hike of the Coast of Britain: https://www.komoot.com/collection/3486180/-virtual-biking-tour-greenlawhill-scotland-to-brighton-england-cycling-the-coast-of-britain. You can see a komoot collection of all our Virtual Biking Tours at this link: https://www.komoot.com/collection/1791709/-collection-of-our-virtual-biking-tours.
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Renner Anderson went for a bike ride.
August 22, 2025
Another bike ride in our new neighborhood, starting from our apartment in Friendship Village. This is bike ride #35 on our virtual biking tour of the coast of Britain from Greenlawhill, Scotland back to Brighton, England. You can follow our virtual tour displayed on a Google Map at https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1MJ24-HdKi9phI8cGCxBY0pxpkS1FAZw&ll=53.5156732440619%2C-0.8207694999999857&z=6o. Here is a link to our collection of the real-life hikes that we have completed so far on this segment of our virtual hike of the Coast of Britain: https://www.komoot.com/collection/3486180/-virtual-biking-tour-greenlawhill-scotland-to-brighton-england-cycling-the-coast-of-britain. You can see a komoot collection of all our Virtual Biking Tours at this link: https://www.komoot.com/collection/1791709/-collection-of-our-virtual-biking-tours.
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Renner Anderson went for a bike ride.
August 21, 2025
The purpose of the ride was to assess the bike-friendliness of the roads and trails between our new home at Friendship Village Continuing Care Retirement Community in Bloomington and the Minnesota River to the south. Although most of the route followed off-road trails, we did have to navigate a busy intersection at West Old Shakopee Road. This is bike ride #34 on our virtual biking tour of the coast of Britain from Greenlawhill, Scotland back to Brighton, England.. You can follow our virtual tour displayed on a Google Map at https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1MJ24-HdKi9phI8cGCxBY0pxpkS1FAZw&ll=53.5156732440619%2C-0.8207694999999857&z=6o.. Here is a link to our collection of the real-life hikes that we have completed so far on this segment of our virtual hike of the Coast of Britain:. https://www.komoot.com/collection/3486180/-virtual-biking-tour-greenlawhill-scotland-to-brighton-england-cycling-the-coast-of-britain.. You can see a komoot collection of all our Virtual Biking Tours at this link:. https://www.komoot.com/collection/1791709/-collection-of-our-virtual-biking-tours.
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Renner Anderson went for a hike.
August 18, 2025
While Martha attended a book club retreat at St. John College, I seized the opportunity to explore the interior of our new surroundings—what I playfully call our virtual luxury cruise ship, the goodship Friendship Village. Other analogies that have come to mind are a summer camp for seniors or a college campus for seniors. The door in our apartment opens onto a small patio leading to a landscaped courtyard, but today I opted to stay inside. I wanted to see just how far I could walk within the single-building complex for reference during the winter months. I wandered the hallways on all three floors of each of the three residential wings. I visited all the indoor public spaces as well—the entry hall, the assembly hall where we attend lectures and movies, all three restaurants, the library, the fitness center, and the swimming pool. I learned that I could walk 1.4 miles remaining inside and meet many fellow residents along the way. My photos, with captions, capture the highlights of my indoor tour.
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Great, you've reappeared! Did your move go well?
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