A walk around the block
When my time is limited but I need to take a walk, I walk around the block.
That’s sort of a misnomer, because a complete circle around my block is over a mile …
I walk out of my house and turn right. I walk past my neighbors’ houses until I get to the end of the street, then I turn right. I walk past the park — baseball diamonds, handball and basketball courts and a playground.
A few minutes later and I’m passing the entrance to the elementary school and the weird yellow farmhouse. I walk past the front of the school, and when I reach the corner I turn right, and walk along the side of the school property — more athletic fields and another playground.
And then there’s the municipal storm drainage basin.
You can actually see the basin right now. In a month or so all the foliage will block the view.
When I reach the corner i could cross the street and go to the community pool, but instead I turn right, and continue past the storm basin until the back of the schoolyard becomes visible.
On the grass by the schoolyard I encountered some feathered friends.
That's a good location for a walk.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good walk for you and a chance to observe suburban nature. My neighborhood is small and we don't have many places to walk options for the two days a week I work from home. Fortunately we haven't had snow on the ground (or nasty winds) as often as in a normal year for us.
ReplyDeleteAs long as it's flat, a mile doesn't seem so long a walk! If I think about it though, the mall is a mile away and I don't want to walk that far! I'll walk a mile on the treadmill though. We have old farm houses here and there, I guess they never wanted to sell, but the county or city never forced the sale either. Now they're left with a little piece not worth as much I would guess.
ReplyDeleteThat's the equivalent of two blocks for us here in our Estates. :) That's what I walk each day, too. My Fitbit says it's 1.32 miles.
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