One Walk a Week for a Year
Weekly Walk 52
Well, we did it. On a chilly, overcast morning a week after the autumnal equinox, we…
Weekly Walk 51
On the autumnal equinox, in 85-degree, sunny weather, we took our fifty-first weekly walk. For the…
Weekly Walk 50
We hiked our fiftieth hike twelve weeks after the summer solstice. Only two more to go until we’ve…
Weekly Walk 49
On Labor Day, eleven weeks after the summer solstice, we took an afternoon family hike, my spouse,…
Weekly Walk 48
Ten weeks after the summer solstice, we took our friend Linda hiking again. Actually, since she drove us,…
Weekly Walk 47
Nine weeks after the summer solstice, and it’s still summer, although the season seems to be growing…
Weekly Walk 46
Eight weeks after the summer solstice, we took my sister for a walk. I didn’t take any…
Weekly Walk 45
Seven weeks after the summer solstice, and we’re back to full-on drought. I frequently brood about…
Weekly Walk 44
Six weeks after the summer solstice, and we got to hike in the rain! It didn’t even put a…
Weekly Walk 43
It’s five weeks after the summer solstice, and while I’m not about to complain about the heat since…
Weekly Walk 42
Four weeks after the summer solstice, we took advantage of a break in the heat and took…
Weekly Walk 41
Three weeks after the summer solstice, we once again walked the trail, this time in a surly…
Weekly Walk 40
Two weeks after the summer solstice, two days after Alton Sterling was shot to death in…
Weekly Walk 39
Our first summer walk—the week following the solstice—was best described by one word: Buggy. The bugs were…
Weekly Walk 38
When we hiked on the solstice, we found the trail greatly changed from last week. It almost…
Weekly Walk 37
If these walks were a pregnancy, it would be full-term as of the walk we took during the…
Weekly Walk 36
During the twelfth week after the vernal equinox, we got to hike with our friend Linda again. There is no…
Weekly Walk 35
We left the house early to beat the heat for our hike during the eleventh week after the…
Weekly Walk 34
The tenth week after the vernal equinox, it was in the mid-80’s when we hiked. Compared to…
Weekly Walk 33
I won’t try to tell you how much I have going on this week (the ninth since…
Weekly Walk 32
The eighth week after the vernal equinox, we got to take our weekly hike with my mom!…
Weekly Walk 31
I’m a little late posting the walk we took for the seventh week after the vernal equinox…
Weekly Walk 30
This week—the sixth week after the vernal equinox—we hiked a very spring-like hike. Meaning, we hiked through…
Weekly Walk 29
Due to vet visits and routine doctor appointments, our hike during the fifth week after the…
Weekly Walk 28
The fourth week after the vernal equinox, we hiked in the rain, with my son playing ninja…
Weekly Walk 27
The third week after the vernal equinox, our hike was 36°F. And look! It’s winter again! *sigh*…
Weekly Walk 26
The second week after the vernal equinox, our hike was 46°F and very windy. None…
Weekly Walk 25
For our first hike after the vernal equinox, it was 42°F and windy with just a…
Weekly Walk 24
I was quite sick this week, and we had to work hard to eke out a hike before…
Weekly Walk 23
Eleven weeks after the winter solstice, and we’re definitely getting closer to spring. It was 46°F when we…
Weekly Walk 22
Ten weeks after the winter solstice, and I’m reminded of the holding pattern feeling of late autumn.…
Weekly Walk 21
Nine weeks after the winter solstice and about nine hours before some big old thunderstorms, we…
Weekly Walk 20.5
Two days after our frigid hike on Valentine’s Day, the temperatures rose ridiculously, so we took a…
Weekly Walk 20
This week—eight weeks after the winter solstice—we took a bonus hike to experience both the near-record…
Weekly Walk 19
Remember how I said it felt like spring last week? It’s now seven weeks after the winter…
Weekly Walk 18
It’s six weeks after the winter solstice, and darned if it doesn’t feel like spring. The snow…
Weekly Walk 17
Five weeks after the winter solstice, with the rest of the east coast of the United States…
Weekly Walk 16
Four weeks after the winter solstice, our walk was cold (22°F when we left the house)…
Weekly Walk 15
The thermometer was right at freezing when we left the house for our fifteenth weekly walk,…
Weekly Walk 14
The thermometer read 22°F when we left the house that afternoon, up from 4°F when my…
Weekly Walk 13
One week past the winter solstice, and we finally had to dodge wintery weather. A winter…
Weekly Walk 12
We took our walk a day early this week to beat the rain (and the mud),…
Weekly Walk 11
It’s the week before the winter solstice, and the weather is magnificent. It totally made up for…
Weekly Walk 10
This morning’s hike wasn’t really one thing or another. It was cold, but not cold enough…
Weekly Walk 9
The eleventh week since the autumnal equinox broke the trend of “chilliest hike yet” but won…
Weekly Walk 8
This week is the tenth since the autumnal equinox and as predicted, it was once again our…
Weekly Walk 7
Again this week—the ninth since the autumnal equinox—we had our chilliest hike yet. I wonder if each…
Weekly Walk 6
My spouse needed a ride to work today, so we dropped him off and then headed…
Weekly Walk 5
In the midst of a full week—the seventh since the autumnal equinox—we squeezed in another walk.…
Weekly Walk 4
Six weeks after the autumnal equinox, we dodged the rain and took a cloudy hike. It was…
Weekly Walk 3
Our third Weekly Walk took place during the fifth week after the autumnal equinox. Before we…
Weekly Walks 1 and 2
The past three autumns, I’ve said that the kids and I were going to hike the same stretch of…
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