walk with the docs

Today was a Walk with the Doc event , It met at the Banana Factory at 10 am. Usually there are 3-4 health care professionals are there. I kept thinking to myself how many people are going to come on a Tuesday morning? There were four community members, all upper middle aged. There were 22 health care professionals. I wondered who was minding the store.

We headed down third, crossed twice and headed up to the Greenway. The Greenway was quite sunny. I ended up walking at the front of the pack with the hospitals “Healthy Living Program Coordinator”. I had his undivided attention on the Greenway and chewed his ear off about volkssport walking. Then I said he really should talk to Dave, the president. He is quite passionate about it, and inspired a whole new group in one talk at a library. Maybe we can get more people interested in the Lehigh Valley. That would be nice.

On the way back we turned onto fourth street and received free smoothies at Beyond Juice. I am trying to watch what I eat, with minimal success. I have the will power of an gnat therefore I stayed outside. Every time someone invited me in I politely said no thank you.  The civilians came out first. One with the berry banana blend, the other two with mango/pineapple/orange/banana. There was also a green choice. They were at least 16 ounces, if not 20 and had no additional sugar added. They were made from just low fat milk, fruit and ice. 

One by one people started coming out. The doctor in charge was one of the last out and he was carrying two full-size berry ones. He looks around and see's I have nothing in my hand, and he said "here's yours". Shit. I drank it. It was good. But that's my sugar for the day. So much for not drinking your calories.

When we returned to the Banana Factory I noticed that mosaics have replaced several of the checker boards. The checker board tiles kept getting picked out. The same might happen here, but this will be a whole lot tougher.

I grabbed another bottle of water, my smootie, and my apple and headed home.

Miles/Steps: We didn't go far. Just under 4 miles from my house and back. The walk with a Doc might have only be 1.25
Bathrooms:   none used
Wildlife:        squirrels, pigeons ... urban animals
Weather:       BEAUTIFUL ... Sunny. Not humid. I'd say mid-70s
$ Found:       1¢