To sum up the past 4 1/2 months: The wedding & reception were great, the honeymoon in Whistler was lots of fun, I've worked a helluva lot, I'm loving married life! On to today's blog...
After having 3 inches of snow on Monday, Saturday brought temperatures in the 70s (it may actually have hit 80) with a beautiful cloudless sunny sky, so Ed & I decided to go walk at the Fred G. Bond Metro Park. We parked near the lake and decided to head down one of the trails that goes around one end of the lake. When we hit the back of one of the subdivisions that borders the lake, we saw a sign that said "Rough Trail - not recommended for joggers". It was also marked as a black diamond trail. Hmmmm, what to do when you're out of shape and only intending to walk a couple of miles before hitting a sports bar to watch the NC State/Miami game? And you see that the trail ahead is muddy? Well, for once I decided to push myself instead of opting to turn around and taking a different paved trail, so I told Ed that we should go for it.
The trail reminded me a lot of the trails that I hiked in Ecology Club in high school on backpacking trips to state parks. Lots of tree roots to maneuver, determining the best way to avoid the mud, up & down terrain...and it wandered all the way around the lake perimeter, including following one of the offshooting fingers off the lake. Several projects had been done by Eagle Scouts & one of the recruit classes from the Cary Fire Academy, providing wooden bridges over some of the marshy sections of trail. The entire walk took an hour and we estimated about 3 to 3.5 miles...and boy, were my hips feeling it afterwards!! But that's not necessarily a bad thing...they need the exercise!!!! It was a great day to be outside and we both wished that we could have today's weather year-round - I'd be Susie Outdoorsey if it was like this all the time!
One thing I look forward to exploring with Ed is the Greenway Trail System in the Raleigh area. Much like the Silver Comet Trail back in Cobb County, these paved, multiuse trails wind through the Triangle and are just the thing to encourage me to get back to trail-walking and getting back in shape. And hopefully future weekends will be like today...when I want to and love being outside!
After having 3 inches of snow on Monday, Saturday brought temperatures in the 70s (it may actually have hit 80) with a beautiful cloudless sunny sky, so Ed & I decided to go walk at the Fred G. Bond Metro Park. We parked near the lake and decided to head down one of the trails that goes around one end of the lake. When we hit the back of one of the subdivisions that borders the lake, we saw a sign that said "Rough Trail - not recommended for joggers". It was also marked as a black diamond trail. Hmmmm, what to do when you're out of shape and only intending to walk a couple of miles before hitting a sports bar to watch the NC State/Miami game? And you see that the trail ahead is muddy? Well, for once I decided to push myself instead of opting to turn around and taking a different paved trail, so I told Ed that we should go for it.
The trail reminded me a lot of the trails that I hiked in Ecology Club in high school on backpacking trips to state parks. Lots of tree roots to maneuver, determining the best way to avoid the mud, up & down terrain...and it wandered all the way around the lake perimeter, including following one of the offshooting fingers off the lake. Several projects had been done by Eagle Scouts & one of the recruit classes from the Cary Fire Academy, providing wooden bridges over some of the marshy sections of trail. The entire walk took an hour and we estimated about 3 to 3.5 miles...and boy, were my hips feeling it afterwards!! But that's not necessarily a bad thing...they need the exercise!!!! It was a great day to be outside and we both wished that we could have today's weather year-round - I'd be Susie Outdoorsey if it was like this all the time!
One thing I look forward to exploring with Ed is the Greenway Trail System in the Raleigh area. Much like the Silver Comet Trail back in Cobb County, these paved, multiuse trails wind through the Triangle and are just the thing to encourage me to get back to trail-walking and getting back in shape. And hopefully future weekends will be like today...when I want to and love being outside!
2 comments:
Welcome back to blogging!! I need to get on the Greenway. I had been talking about getting a bike but now I have the pups so I will probably just walk (when they get big enough.... and can walk well on a leash together!)
My mom always swore by dog-walking as a great way to keep in shape back when they had our two little dogs (a beagle & a rat terrier/chihuahua mix). After almost 10 years, they just got a new dog a few weeks ago - a 1 1/2 year old beagle, named Jolene. We got to meet her when we were in the ATL - cute dog!
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