lazy day
Mood:  lazy
Topic: This and That
We put off our walking trip until tomorrow because we got going too late and frankly all excess energy seemed to have got up and went away. I considered for a while mowing the lawn, but I don't seem motivated to do that either. I have been sitting on the back porch in a rocker with my feet on the porch railing letting the cool, less humid, breezes almost put me to sleep. Perhaps I'll consider doing it later today, or maybe not. But tomorrow for sure we will go 'walking' on the trail.

Topic: This and That
The temperature here has been very hot in recent days, but tomorrow the heat and humidity abate and it is supposed to be in the high sixties and low humidity. That is excellent weather for taking a walk at my favorite bike/walking trail. For portions of the trail it follows a small river, has woods on the other side and sometimes rock formations. It also has old railway trestles and benches here and there when we tire out. My wife and I used to be great walkers, sometimes walking fifteen or more miles at a time. Alas those days are gone with hip replacement for me and arthritis for the good woman. But we can walk some if we go slowly and we can still enjoy the scenery and inhale the freshness of the outdoors.

Topic: This and That
I have had a computer now, I think, for about seven years plus, two computers to be exact, outgrew the first. I find more to do on it all the time. I find I love to play games against the computer and against live opponents, especially my bud in Seattle Keith. Keith and I must have played 500 games I think; chess, halma, some sort of checker game, and now Jamble, an offshoot of Scrabble. I also have, compliments of Keith and my sister-in-law Marie, Hoyles board games and card games. I have learned to play many games from hoyle. I'm not sure if these games keep old minds any more agile or not, but if not it's fun anyway.

Lake Erie
Topic: Lake Erie
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Aug.2, 2004. My mate and I went to Lake Erie today to see what we've missed in recent years. Not much I think. It is definitely cleaner. In pictures we took, it is actually blue. Had no intentions to test the waters though. My main impression of the excursion was it was HOT, really hot. I saw a water snake in the rocks that I estimate was three feet long. I researched Google and the closest I can come is that it is called plainly a Northern water snake, not venomous, but has a nasty bite that will cause a lot of bleeding as it injects some type of venom that thins your blood. I had no intention of getting that close and personal to introduce myself.

Checked out a lighthouse at Marblehead, ate a little seafood, unnoteworthy, and ate a humongously big ice cream cone.