Sometimes I use an app to track the distance I walk or bike; sometimes I find the map of the finished route rather satisfying. Here's a bike ride I took, mindlessly alternating left and right turns (so to surprise myself):

Here's a big walk I took one day, travelling the breadth of Vancouver as far as I could in each direction:

And here's the crazy meandering track I laid while exploring, one sunny day in September:

That dense knot in the middle is me finding my way, via the hotel lobby, to the top of the Xchng Building.