the Hantan River

I'd never even heard of the Hantan River, but my buddy JW has proposed that we walk along part of it this coming weekend. I went to Google to see what the riverside might be like, and it looks nice—more of a pure walking trail than a bike trail—so I told JW I'd be curious to try a segment. JW's planning our day, which could turn out to be a shit-show since he sucks as a planner, but I don't care. I'll just go along with whatever he plans. 

The river is fairly long and narrow, and much of it seems to be close to the DMZ, so we'll be up north. I saw that, at one point, the river features a huge footbridge that spans it. That looks neat. It's called the 하늘 다리, or Sky Bridge. I wonder if JW knows about it. (Actually, I see that there are several bridges.) Maybe we should make a project of walking the entire river, from wherever it starts to wherever it ends. Not a bad way to spend future Saturdays.

I suspect that what's going to happen is this: we'll drive to a site in his car, pick a direction, walk the riverside trail for 2.5 hours, then walk back to his car. Saturday is going to be super-hot, though, so I've warned JW that I'd rather start walking in the late afternoon and be done by evening or nightfall. I'm envisioning 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. or 10 p.m., about 25 kilometers. I suspect JW has a very different idea that I'm not going to like, but I'll grin and bear it.

One way or another, it looks to be an interesting weekend.