Good Friday - April 22.
The walk on Friday turned out to be very nice. while it was raining and pretty chilly, I managed to walk almost 9 miles. The only challenge was that my big toes started to get a little wet. Upon arrival at home, I found two big blisters on my big toes. -- ouch --. The walk was pretty interesting.
I paused to read some of the Historic signs in downtown Willoughby. I didn't realize the W-E Tech Center used to be a medical college in the mid 1800's. There was a fire that closed the medical school. The people of Willoughby were not as successful in raising funds as Painesville, and thus in Painesville, the women's school opened (Lake Erie College). The willoughby medical school had a great influence as to Case being strong in the medical field. Who knew..
I passed a gentleman waiting for a bus on Mentor Avenue. I approached and said I sure hope the sun comes out soon, he said something like he isn't going to wait in the rain again for a bus. I told him to have a good day and kept walking. He then called ..saying.. Hey, you got a cigaratte. I politely replied, no. sorry, just some water. He laughed and said, oh, ok. It struck me as funny, as I just didn't fancy/picture myself as a smoker, or someone that would look like I would be carrying cigarettes.
The walk was quiet. I liked the sound of the raindrops top of my rain coat and head. It reminded me of being in a tent camping and hearing the rain on the tent. Very peaceful.
Since I didn't have Sam with me and no music (I really need to get that old iPod to have something to listen to), I started to count my steps in between fire hydrants. I started to wonder, how do they know where/how far apart to place them. Some of the distances were double the other. I counted 312 steps between one set, followed by 389, then 180. There didn't seem to be a reason why some were farther or closer together. Perhaps I should ask a fireman some day, I wonder if they would know, or is that more a city water thing... I then wondered how fireman know where the fire hydrants are, or what if there isn't one near enough to a fire. Just random thoughts.
The walk took about 2.5 hours. I'm happy with the pace I kept. Made it home about noon and still had th rest of the day to get ready for Easter. :-)
Saturday - April 23, Rebecca had to go to her friends to work on their Health project. I called my cousin Cathy up and asked if she wanted to go for a walk. I was thrilled that she was able to. We walked all around willowick. My step counter read 13,000 steps. I was glad with that. Cathy's read over 10,000. She was happy about that. For the day, I had 14,433 steps. Tomorrow... I am not even going to wear the pedometer. I will be enjoying Easter. No Walking, just having a nice time with family. :-)
See ya next time.
*Cheers*
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