The Walking Club

Beginning feet
Uneven sidewalks and hazards abound

An old New England stone wall
Beauty also abounds
We would miss this in a car

Ending feet -- happy feet
We started a little walking club. Well, actually, it started yesterday; but I joined today and took the place of someone who was absent. We will (Kellee) be encouraging (Kellee) her to join us for the rest of our walking adventures. I can't say who she is, but she couldn't make it today.
That's the thing about walking. We ALL want to do it and we know we need it for so many reasons. But it's easy to get distracted or put it off. As you can see in the pics, when you walk, you get a different view of the world. First, we were made aware of the hazards such as uneven sidewalks which would make it difficult for a person with a stroller or wheelchair to travel along most roads. Next, we noticed that people really do litter a lot and toss glass bottles from vehicles. If you were driving, you wouldn't really see these things so much.
But in any case, although I felt like I was stumbling a few times because I haven't worn these sneakers for months and one of the walkers felt like she was gettng a blister, we actually completed 3.4 miles for our first walk. We passed another walker along the way and noticed people out in their yards working. In the area where we walked it was trash pick up day; and we saw a woman who had stopped her car and was collecting cans. When you think of it, plenty of people just throw away all of those soda cans that can be recycled.
The air was slightly cool and we had a little breeze, which was refreshing. Another thing that you get a good understanding of -- is that in the course of walking you encounter some slopes or small inclines that you never notice while driving the route in a car. Just for the record....walking downhill is better than uphill.
Anyhow, when we got back to the neighborhood where we had left our vehicles our feet were happy and we were pretty proud that we had completed our walk. We felt great!
We will continue to walk and see how it brings changes to our lives, which will be blogged here as the months go by.