Day 77

 Warning: Too much stepping in the sun, and your skin could look like this.           Day 77: 13,614 Steps     YTD: 722,024 Steps     Goal: 726,000 Steps

Day 76 St. Patrick’s Day

In honor of the occasion, I’m stepping into verse today. The Wearin’ o’ the Green I’m having a green day – A money in my pocket, Life about to skyrocket, Leapfrogging down the street New grass beneath my feet, Four-leaf clover finding, Whole new path unwinding, Field full of daisies No idea too crazy kind […]

Day 75

My new walking companion. I’ve finally found someone who walks more slowly than I do.      Day 75: 11,000 Steps     YTD: 694,972 Steps    Gosl:704,000 Steps

Day 74

Sandhenge.          Day 74: 12,497 Steps     YTD: 683,972  Steps      Goal: 693,000 Steps

Day 73

More on mini-golf: I thought mini-golf might be an American invention, but it actually started at St. Andrew’s in Scotland where the real game was first played. In 1867, St. Andrew’s made a shorter course for women because women in that society were not allowed to lift clubs over their heads. It became popular in […]

Day 72

Gary and I play a lot of mini-golf here in Florida. We buy a month’s pass to Funntasia and play almost every day. We call it our country club. Funntasia has two courses, the elephant and the zebra. They are equally difficult, and I can get at least 1,000 steps on each course. On some days, […]

Day 71

Today was a perfect day for walking in Cocoa Beach – sunny, light breeze, high 60’s. We went to Manatee Park, but the only manatee we saw was this sculpture. I shouldn’t be surprised. After all, there are no buffalo in Buffalo. The park has a gravel track and some of those exercise stations. Not […]

Day 70

Today was on the cool side, so I did my stepping inland a little bit in the city of Cocoa. Cocoa is a very small city with around 16,000 inhabitants. It was founded by fishermen in 1882 as Indian River City because it’s right along the river, but the US Postal Service rejected that name […]

Day 69

I almost thought I was back in Rochester this morning. It was pouring, and I was wondering how I was going to get my 11,000 steps in today. So, I did what I do at home and took off for the grocery store. (The mall is too far away.) The major grocery store here is […]

Day 68 Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday signals the beginning of Lent, which is a time of self-examination, humility, and penence for many Christians. The Ash Wednesday message is: “From dust you came; to dust you will return.” True enough; but those who hang on til Easter get the rest of the story which was foretold by Isaiah: “Your dead will […]