for the first time in ages, i walked to the movies

When we were kids, we walked everywhere. Movies included. But then the Steel died, and things closed and we all learned to drive. Life went on.

There have been a ton of changes in the south side over the last decade. Mostly re-development of the Steel property and the Greenway. Stores are starting to open. Maybe the town will come back. Maybe not.

Bonnie called Friday to see if I was busy. She wanted to go to ArtsQuest (part of the redevelopment) to see A Walk in the Woods. I also wanted to see the film—the book was hysterical—but I had another commitment.

Friday night I came up with an idea. Let's walk to the movies on Sunday. So I called, she thought it was a great idea and we did.

Round trip it's about 3.5 miles. The film is about 90 minutes. We were gone about three hours. Including a long search for my vintage iPod that fell out of my pocket in the theatre.

The premise. A seasoned writer is basically having a mid-life crisis and decides to walk the Appalachian Trail. His wife won't let him go alone, so he finds an old buddy to go with him. Two old men on the AT. It's going to be tragic or funny. Thankfully is was amusing.

I had heard that Robert Redford option the book about a decade ago and it was going to be a buddy movie with him and Paul Newman. But than Newman died and it took awhile to find the perfect buddy.

I was a little sad that they ended the film where they did. In the book, they went further. They got to Pennsylvania. The stories about our rocks were funny.

All in all a good day.

I think I'll go to the movies there more often. I can walk.