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My wife has been walking every morning at a local park for the last 3 years and since I retired at the end of last year, it’s been my goal to get back in shape so I could walk with her and do her distance and pace. I started going by myself daily in early June and the heat and humidity kicked my butt all summer but about a month ago, I finally got to the point where I could join her on her morning hikes.
We head out to the park every morning, 5 days a week, start hiking before 7, and do 8 1/4 miles in 2 hours, 30 minutes. Some of the steeper hills still kick my butt some but eventually (and hopefully), those will get easier.
» Posted By Frank On 17/December/2023 @ 11:39 pm
Glad to hear everything went ok.
» Posted By Frank On 10/December/2023 @ 10:40 pm
IMHO, ditch the food mode. Not only is the food out of focus, but the colors look unnatural.
Happy New Year.
» Posted By Frank On 30/December/2022 @ 9:27 pm
No thanks on those steep climbs and those hills. I do love the scenery though.
» Posted By Frank On 01/February/2022 @ 11:32 pm
Damn it, John! I’m happy for you and hope all continues to go well for you but yours is the only blog I read anymore so it’s nice to see daily updates.
» Posted By Frank On 15/January/2022 @ 10:51 pm
Happy New Year, John.
» Posted By Frank On 01/January/2022 @ 11:23 pm
Check your email, John.
Merry Christmas!
» Posted By Frank On 24/December/2021 @ 3:04 am
I was perusing YouTube when this showed up in my feed for some reason. $600 a month rent for a place like this? Too good to be true?
https://youtu.be/pCxtEYH9I84» Posted By Frank On 23/October/2021 @ 10:02 am
Yours is the only blog I read anymore and I’ve been a daily reader since when, 2003? I like following your everyday adventures and enjoy your writing style, and also appreciate that you keep controversial content like politics to a minimum because if I want to raise my blood pressure, I can go to CNN, MSNBC, FOX, or OAN 🙂
» Posted By Frank On 22/October/2021 @ 10:54 pm
Happy birthday, John.
» Posted By Frank On 27/August/2020 @ 9:59 pm
Since you’ve never mentioned it, I guess you don’t have to worry about ticks or other insects there? Here, there’s no way I’d venture into foliage like that
» Posted By Frank On 10/July/2020 @ 9:44 pm
Fingers crossed for you, John.
» Posted By Frank On 18/June/2020 @ 8:23 pm
Yeah, Martin is not my favorite author these days.
If you haven’t watched it yet and if you can get it, Breaking Bad is another good series.» Posted By Frank On 04/May/2020 @ 10:08 pm
It got ridiculous here. It’s ok to go to Lowe’s or Home Depot and mingle with the crowds in the garden center, but they closed the state parks so for the last 5 weeks, I couldn’t take my dog for a hike. Even on the most crowded days, we rarely saw other people on the trail with the way the park is laid out.
They’re reopening now, but was anything really accomplished during the last 5 weeks besides massive unemployment and businesses losing money to the point many may never fully recover?» Posted By Frank On 30/April/2020 @ 11:12 pm
Merry Christmas, John.
» Posted By Frank On 25/December/2019 @ 11:01 pm
Congrats, that’s quite the milestone!
» Posted By Frank On 12/December/2019 @ 9:05 pm
Happy Birthday!
» Posted By FRank On 27/August/2019 @ 7:59 pm
So I’ve been reading about your adventures for 15 years…time flies and all that, eh?
It’s interesting how you say that life in the states won’t work for you anymore; I’m the complete opposite – different strokes, as they say ;). At one point in my life, I was planning on living in Korea as long as possible, but obviously, that changed. Once the little things, the ones that previously never bothered me, started really getting on my nerves, I knew it was time to go before I turned into one of those bitter expats that lived there yet bitched about everything all day long.
I’m so glad we came back here…I don’t watch or read very much news so the BS pretty much goes by without being noticed and I haven’t seen the stupidity affect the people I come in contact with. The people here that I know go to work, go fishing, go shopping and out to eat, spend time working in their yards and with their families; in other words, normal, routine, middle America stuff. I like having Lowe’s, Home Depot, Kroger, and Publix, access to quality health care if my family needs it, unlimited options for entertainment, my 1/4 acre of grass and a riding mower to cut it with as I wave to the little people using their push mowers LOL.
On the other hand, you seem very comfortable with having cut the cord and are living a simple and comfortable life away from all this; which as you said primarily consists of walking, drinking, and playing darts and if that works for you, then great.
Looking forward to many more years of following your adventures.» Posted By Frank On 11/May/2019 @ 10:26 pm
Wow, you’ve done an excellent job with Lucky (who is aptly named, btw.) Can’t believe how great he looks in such a short time.
» Posted By Frank On 10/April/2019 @ 9:36 pm
Good on you and good for you, John
» Posted By Frank On 04/April/2019 @ 8:01 pm
Happy New Year, John.
» Posted By Frank On 31/December/2018 @ 9:06 pm
I’m sure you’ve already researched various marinades to get those steaks softer? Food looks delicious!
» Posted By Frank On 29/December/2018 @ 11:07 pm
Merry Christmas, John.
» Posted By Frank On 25/December/2018 @ 11:31 pm
Merry Christmas.
» Posted By Frank On 24/December/2018 @ 11:04 pm
Wow, has it really been 14 years? Congrats!
» Posted By Frank On 12/December/2018 @ 10:13 pm
That’s a really nice view of the bay.
» Posted By Frank On 13/November/2018 @ 1:27 am
Do some daily work on recall
https://www.puppyleaks.com/improve-dog-recall/
» Posted By Frank On 09/September/2018 @ 9:47 pm
Oh man, I do miss those rotisserie chickens! Merry Christmas, John!
» Posted By Frank On 24/December/2017 @ 11:28 pm
That last pic of your friend; that area next to the river with all the cars…that’s where I caught most of my pre-work bass.
» Posted By Frank On 23/November/2017 @ 10:18 pm
«« Back To Stats PageDamn it John! As I was reading this I kept waiting for the punchline or positive plot twist…sorry to read about this turn of events.
» Posted By Frank On 31/October/2017 @ 7:04 pm