traipsing

In his spare time, he was a caretaker at a refuge for bighorn sheep, traipsing into the woods in the middle of the night to check on the water supply.

Michieletto’s version of the 114-year-old “Quichotte” portrayed the title character, based on Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quijote, as stricken with memory lapses, traipsing a 1960s pastel green room while popping pills and swigging amber-colored liquor.

Trails range from easy and meandering to moderate, traipsing through meadows, old logging roads and switchbacks with plenty of wildflowers and great views — like the Arrowleaf Trail, a single-track that leads through ponderosa pines and pasture to a steady climb to the peak over five miles round trip.

As border security increases with the number of people being displaced by natural disasters, violence and wars at record levels worldwide, more migrants are traipsing out to areas like the stretch near Jacumé.

I thought of him sympathetically whenever I saw a Great Dane or German Shepherd traipsing through the cramped stairwells of my first Manhattan apartment, wondering how on earth someone could subject such a large dog to such modest square footage.