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We are solidly entering the third month of the coronavirus pandemic. Aine is very good about social distancing – with the exception of one friend. I’m going to give myself a good grade. Probably not very good, but someone has to go to Kowlaski’s.

We are getting bored but we’re pretty good about creating distraction. Today, Aine introduced me to Randonauts – an online app and choose your own adventure reality game. You let it track your location, make some selections that get matched with a randomly generated number then somehow comes back with coordinates that you can map to – and visit. Our first randoventure led us to the trail on the Minneapolis side of the Mississippi. Aine loved it.

Then we tried another. The app is supposed to tap into your intentions to provide an apt location. So we decided to focus our intention on a color – pink to match Aine’s new hair. (Hair color being a big pandemic hobby!) We were sent to the St Paul side of the Mississippi near Lake Street. Actually we were sent next door to one of Aine’s favorite house. We didn’t immediately see the pink connection until we saw a pink rose on the park bench nearby. Funny, huh?

Clearly it’s the sort of thing where you can probably make a connection happen – but the pink rose did seem like an easy and apt one.

The app is free. Most of the adventures seemed to be 1-2 miles away. I’m sure there’s a way to set a limit but for now I might just stick with it and use it to fill out my 10-15 mile-a-day walking goal.