Scattered Thoughts . . .

T oday, Sheila and I walked more than five miles and my feet and legs are feeling it!   We finally have an appointment for Sheila's car after it broke down on our way to Long Island in June.  The car needs new front struts.  We'll see what else they say it needs sometime tomorrow.  Somehow I doubt getting new struts is the end of the story. We had to drop the car off in Duxbury and it was such a nice day that we decided to hike back to the house rather than get a ride from Sheila's dad.  In all, I think the hike was 5.3 miles and my watch indicated I did over 13,000 steps.  That may sound like a lot but I typically do between 10,000 and 13,000 steps when I mow the lawn every week.  Regardless, today's hike was a bit brutal due to the heat whenever we had to walk on blacktop.  The heat coming off the blacktop made it feel like we were walking through an oven.  Hiking on the grass and dirt, however, felt fine.  Fortunately, most of th...

T he weather forecast changed for the better one day last week so we changed our rainy day plans and headed toward Burlington to do a day cruise on Lake Champlain.  We do this cruise every summer with whichever kids and grandkids can meet us there.  This year, we had a rather small group but, as always, we all enjoyed ourselves.   We order snacks and drinks during the cruise and then, after the cruise, we walk up the hill into Burlington to visit one of the pubs to have an early dinner.  This is always a relaxing time even when Sheila and I do it alone.  We haven't done it alone in more than ten years but we've always enjoyed ourselves.   Below, we have the view of our backseat for the ride up to Burlington... Here is the group photo (minus the photographer) on the boat.  We always get the back corner tables on the top deck and this time was no different... One of these days, we're going to do a cruise on one of these two boats...  (we'v...