Day 220

Day 220: 11,004 Steps YTD: 1,980,671 Steps Goal: 2,068,000 Steps

Day 219 Rochester, Kent

Everyone knows that Rochester, NY was named after Col. Nathaniel Rochester, who came from Maryland along with William Fitzhugh and Charles Carroll to buy an abandoned mill site on the Genesee River. They could see commercial opportunity here. But I got wondering what the name Rochester means. I looked it up, and discovered that it […]

Day 218 Park Ave. Festival

Don’t you just love living in Festival Town? Park Ave. is one of the best. Robyn and I thought we were getting there early at 9:00 ( the festival doesn’t open til 10:00,) but we had to fight for a parking spot even at that hour. The Frog Pond was hopping (pun intended,) and we […]

Day 217

Morning walk, noontime cleaning, and afternoon shopping put me over the top with steps today. Day 217: 13,314 Steps YTD: 1,957,401 Steps Goal: 2,046,000 Steps

Day 216

At a sunny 65 degrees it was perfect walking weather this morning when I set out for my regular route in the Gananda development. Just past the halfway point, there’s a house with a big pool. It’s almost at the end of an uphill stretch, and it’s always at this point that my body starts […]

Day 215

Day 215: 8,572 Steps YTD: 8,110 Steps Goal: 2,024,000 Steps

Day 214

I spent some time today at the Rundel Library working on family history. This started as curiosity about my mother’s twin half-sisters who died in the Rochester Orphan Asylum fire in 1901. My mother would mention them often along with the warning not to hide under the bed if there was a fire – apparently […]

Day 213

I’m getting in my steps by walking my granddog today. Oliver’s spending a few days with us while our daughter and son-in-law are on vacation, but first he had to spend some time with the in-laws. This joint custody thing is tough. Oliver loves to be outside. When we’re out walking, he’s got his nose to […]

Day 212

July 31 – Report Card Day I met my goal of 11,000 steps on 20 out of 26 possible days for 77% or a C. That’s way better than April, May and June, but besides that, my daily average was 11,146 steps so I’m bumping that C up to a B or maybe even B+. […]

Day 211

Great day! Started out with a walk along the canal, breakfast at the Towpath Cafe, and shopping at the Fairport Farm Market. Almost every town has a farm market these days, and they’re all fun. They usually have music of some kind and fresh, inexpensive produce. I bought this beautiful bunch of sunflowers, a half dozen […]