Today, February 18th started out in the lower 60’s an is now in the 80’s. It’s not uncommon for it to be warm in Dallas in February but it shouldn’t be day after day, month after month and year after year. Anyone that says that there is nothing going on with the climate is a jack-ass.
Changing the subject, while some of the Pilgrim’s were hanging out in Costa Rica and another was taking care of family business, Ann and I decided to take an urban walk. We got started at a little after 0800 and headed down the Katy Trail to Victory Park where we took to the streets working our way towards Trinity Groves.
As we approached I-35 it got a little dicey as we worked our way through the construction zone and into a suddenly decent area on the west side, when the construction is complete, this area will be much improved from what is has been all my life.
Across Riverfront Drive, formerly Industrial Blvd., we got on the old Continental Ave. Viaduct now repurposed and called the Ron Kirk Pedestrian Bridge. What a great use of a resource that would have otherwise turned into an eyesore. The bridge is clean, there are some great views with play areas and lots of families making use of it.
We walked on to Trinity Groves and back to the bridge where we took a break. As is our custom, we spent our time discussing deep thoughts and solving the problems of the world.
At just under 5 miles, we started our trek back north retracing our earlier steps. We did walk through Victory Park, a first for me other than the Stars game I attended. At the foot of the K-T, the crush began, like last weekend, the trail was mobbed.
Head down, one foot after the last we made it back to our trail-head and decided to go to the top just to finish off the day. The trip was 11.26 miles in 3 hours/25 minutes and roughly 26,000 steps.
I cannot lie, I’m a little stiff for the effort. The trick is, don’t sit down! It was a great day and we know that we can do the miles, not the question is how much pain will be involved as we do it day after day.
We shall soon find out.