hot, hot, hot

Bonnie, Sharon and I went to the Parkway this morning to walk. Sharon went up to the covered bridge, then waited till we came back, Bonnie and I went the entire distance. Six miles. My legs feel like I went 20. Boy am I out of shape.

The first half of the trail was fairly shady, and level, except at one spot. There is a Planet Walk, where one foot equals a million miles. It goes from the iron bridge to the covered bridge. We didn't really read much. The first 4 markers were on top on each other, then they got further and further apart. Pluto is still part of their solar system. It hasn't been totally banished!

We left Sharon on a bench at the covered bridge and proceeded to the road. I had never done the second half of the path so we were venturing into virgin territory. We got to the street and no path! Just scary traffic. There were some runners by the bridge so we decided to go ask them. As we got nearer to the bridge, a runner went past and headed thru the parking lot and under the highway. We followed him.

A short distance in was a nifty hill. Pretty steep, but it stayed fairly level after that. This part of the trail must not get used as hard because it isn't as worn as the other section. We came to a bridge and I thought there was one more before the fish hatchery. Wrong.

We arrived at the fish hatchery and things weren't marked well at all. We tried one path, then another, then walked around the fish tanks and still nothing. We asked a brusk fisherman where the path was and he grumbled "take the road" and pointed up a hill.

We arrived a the top of this hill and pretty much gasped. There was another. It was steep. Frederick Street steep. Bonnie went up quicker than I did, but I was not painting when I reached the top. There was a very long gradual downhill on the other side.

We arrived back at the covered bridge, and Sharon was still on her bench. We shouted to her and she jumped sky high. It was so funny. We made her walk to us. We also found a water fountain to refill our water bottles. Pure Allentown tap water never tasted so good.

On the way back we saw a  dog diving into the creek to retrieve a stick. I wanted to join him.

When we arrived back at the car we broke open the cooler for more Bethlehem tap water. (I try not to buy water.)  Then  I mixed up the Crystal Light Pure Fitness. Not bad. Not sweet. Not salty. And the strawberry tasted like strawberry and not perfume.  I actually might buy it again. Too bad I can't get the $1 coupon to print.