people came!

For the first time since July 18 someone came to one of my weekend scheduled walks. Exercise is so much more fun when others come along. I was delighted last night when Angel said her family would be there.

It was a nice day for a walk. Not hot or humid. But still plenty warm. Thank goodness that heat wave broke. The meeting place today was Festplatz. I parked on the street.

We headed thru the Industrial Quarter and up the ramp to Main Street. Then up Main to Broad, and out Broad to 3rd. We made a left on 3rd and headed out Market to 8th. Then a right on 8th and thru the Rose garden. Taking time to smell the flowers. And use the bathroom. (Mom & Dad I-4, Child 3. There were bugs and the toilet didn't flush right.).

We went out Union to 13th, and headed down the long hill past Holy Family Manor, ending up playing in West Side Park. (Don't go to the pool there. The water is green.)

When the Wee One is bigger we must take him to this part. That play set is amazing. Lots of things to climb up and on. I couldn't make my legs do anything that twisted. One of the ladders looked like a DNA strand. Couldn't do it. One looked like circles. My foot got stuck. I have no upper body strength, and my legs are not flexible, and I think it's getting worse.  I couldn't figure out how to get down and in the proper position to do the slide. My legs wouldn't cooperate. I'm starting to think something is wrong.

The worse part of the ladders was the top. I had to remember to duck to get on the platform. The entrances were made from shorter people. Only in one entrance did I get a little stuck. It must have been very narrow.

There were no swings in this section. They were on the other side of the park in the "old" (aka traditional) playground.

After playing for 15 or 20 minutes, we headed out to 12th and went down to Lehigh and back towards Festplatz. We reached the stairs and Darrell said those look like fun steps. We decide to run up them.  Well, I walked.

Coming down the tween says those were steep stairs. I said, you should see the ones on the Fahy Bridge. Those are steep and narrow. The tween who 5 minutes ago was complaining she was tired, said "how far?" I did not say a half-mile. I said over there, past the playground and basketball courts.

We went. I think she was just about to say how much further when she saw the bridge and the stairs. Up we went. Angel ran again. We walked. I brought up the rear. She didn't think they were steeper. Mom and dad did. And narrower.

On the way back to the car, she saw the stairs from the canal path. We had to do those also.

The child manage to take a 3.5 to 3.75 mile walk and change it to just a hair under 5 miles. But don't tell her.

Next Saturday is the LBW picnic and walk at Nockamixon State Park. I think Bonnie's family is coming. Bonnie wants the Q (Quakertown) also. And it's a hard letter to hard to get. Angel and the tween are coming. Lydia is not. She has to work. Maybe we can all fit in two cars.