Happy Monday, even if it is almost over. Yesterday was a beautiful, crisp, cool day here in the Carolinas and since the Daytona 500 was postponed to today, for like the first time in history, I took advantage of it and went for a walk at a local town park lake. I was determined to make myself go around it 2 times for a total of 4 miles. At first I was just going to stroll and not push myself too hard, but since my iPod had just enough battery power left I worked my way up into a full speed walk where I even hit the "runner's high" feeling, which I am paying for today. Good grief are certain muscles sore!
During my exercise "high" I did a lot of people watching. There were lots of people out with their kids & dogs and a few serious exercisers. First that caught my attention was a lady who came roller blading down a hill then as I proceeded up the hill here came her daughter running after her in her socks with her blades in hand. ha ha Then I was passed by a lady who was trying to jog, slowly, but still a jog. Well, she had a little dog who's legs couldn't have been more than 3" high. Why in the world would someone approximately 5'8" high take a dog that little on a run? That poor little dog was getting drug here and there and his little legs were a blur. She never really did get a good jog in b/c she kept having to stop for the dog for one reason or another. Yep, it made me laugh even though I couldn't figure it out.
There were also a few fathers & sons trying their hand at fishing. Didn't see any of them catch anything but they all had on their "fanny pack" style tackle boxes. Like father like son - ha ha Then there was the group of father & daughters trying to feed the ducks when there's a big sign that starts with "Why you shouldn't feed the water fowl."
Of course there were a few of the serious exercisers. One guy must have been running a marathon around that lake. I swear I met him at least 8 times in my 2 laps. I don't know how he could get in "the zone" with all those people and kids around but he obviously did b/c he barely saw the rest of us I think.
Then came the one that made me smile, almost made me laugh out loud. This dude, my guess is that he was in his 50s and kinda had the hippie look going. He could have been a hippie college professor. I know, I'm profiling but I'm just trying to give you an idea of what he looked like. Anyway, he was roller blading with some of the skates with the really big wheels on them. Now this guy was probably 6' tall then with the skates on he looked like a really thin, tall giant with a helmet on. He was having the best time though. His smile was almost contagious. He smiled at me every time he met me and it was my fault but I couldn't help it. The first time I saw him he was coming towards me and he had the smoothest glide from side to side, like we had back in the day at Sportsworld with the shuffle skating, but what got me tickled was the McDonalds Latte cup in his hand. Had he really skated to McDonalds, then skated around the lake 3-4 times while drinking it? So then every time I met him along the path I would laugh to myself so he thought I was smiling at him. I don't know his story but I can tell you that he was having a great day and had a permanent smile on his face! ha ha ha Sure wish I had a picture to include. So I profiled him for a Subaru but oh no, he had a Candy Apple red, brand new Mustang. Totally blew my mind and so out of my "profile"! ha ha ha
Overall a great day in the park :)
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