On a country road

Greetings from the Philippines. I’ve just returned from a full day of hiking fun out in San Marcelino. And now I’m preparing to run out the door to attend a birthday celebration for Billy, the dart meister at Alley Cats. Just waiting to pull those brownies out of the oven. So, the post about today’s adventure will be here for your enjoyment tomorrow.

In the meantime, here’s a brief report on my yesterday. I started off with an 8K solo hike on my standard route through San Isidro/Subic/Barretto. My trek app sounds off every 1.6 kilometers, and just for shit and giggles, I took a picture when it did.

At 1.6K I was on “Bridge #3” in San Isidro.
At 3.2K, I was on a country road in Calapcuan. What was really trippy was that, at that moment, my Spotify playlist was playing the James Taylor song of the same name. What are the odds?
At 4.8, I was on the National Highway and heading for home.
Look who I ran into at 6.4K on the Subic side of the river. That gal sure does get around.
The river view at 6.4K
And then I was back home at just under 8K.

Relive it all here if you’d like:

Before heading out for the evening, I enjoyed a bowl of my chili con carne with some freshly baked cornbread.

I thought it was good and my helper agreed, so there’s that.

Another beerless night at It Doesn’t Matter and Wet Spot.

Didn’t see any pussy, though.

Brownies are done, and I got to run.

See you tomorrow!
Take to the highway, won't you lend me your name?
Your way and my way seem to be one and the same.
Mamma don't understand it, she wants to know where I've been.
I'd have to be some kind of natural born fool to want to pass that way again,
But I could feel it on a country road.

2 thoughts on “On a country road

  1. Food looks good!

    1.6 km = about 1 mile, so your app sounds off every mile. I wonder if you can adjust it to the metric system.

    Hello, kitty!

  2. Yeah, I figured it was making kilometer announcements on a mile basis. I didn’t see any way to change that in the app settings. No big deal, though; it’s good to walk a mile in my shoes!

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