volkssport group walk—bethlehem south

Yesterday I received an email from Angel "You have busy ... no walking blog."

Sadly that was not the case. No walking. Monday I squeezed in a walk around the block. Up to Wyandotte, down and up to Jeter Avenue, then down and up home. It felt good. Aerobic, but short. The plan was to at least do that each day. But it didn't happen.

Even yesterday when I had much more time I ended up doing errands with the roomie. With me, if I don't do it first thing, or I don't have firm plans with someone, I don't do it. Time gets away from me.

Today was the Bethlehem-South volkssport walk. We started with 12 walkers and ended with 15. Not a bad turnout for a holiday weekend. I led the walk because I wrote it.

It begins at the Comfort Suites, goes thru Lehigh and down the Greenway. Then around the casino, and to Artsquest. This time it included a trip to the trestle. That was a great addition.

We all walked up the back stairs, so we really were not off course.

Darrell dropped the tween off with me at the hotel, and left Angel on a bench at ArtsQuest. When we reached the casino, we called her and she met us on the trestle. She did the half mile out and back. Then we deposited her back on the bench and picked her up when we were done.

I had forgotten how much work it takes to keep a big group together.  I put the tween in charge of watching for stragglers.

It was nice walking with a group. Which makes sense because that's why I joined the club.

Haven't figured out plans for tomorrow. Monday, I might do the Morrisville walk. Bonnie and I talked about it since we wouldn't be doing the ugly sock race.  But she's been sick. I doubt if she will still want to go. It's a border crossing event and goes into Trenton and back. It also uses a section of the D&L that I've never been on. I'm guessing it takes and hour and half to get there. 611 is a straight shot—with lights—which would be nice if Angel's family could go, but she has to work. So I guess I'll go down the turnpike. The only question is if I want to go alone. We'll see

(Angel took the HMT pixs. The tween took the others.)