Today marks the first day of the new year. We originally had plans to go to a family hike in nearby Lakeside but research revealed that there was significant amounts of Poison Oak in the area. My wife is so allergic to Poison Oak that if she’s exposed to it, she has to get a shot of steroids and that doesn’t come cheap. Alternately, we decided to head over to Lake Murray to walk around and have a picnic lunch. As we found out, the park is closed on holidays, and with today being the 1st of the year, the gate was locked. Fortunately we arrived right as the car parked the closest to the opening was leaving and we got the best parking spot around. We walked the entire path to the fence, ate our lunch and headed back to the car. With our son in his stroller, the going was pretty easy. With our daughter on foot, the going was less than easy. About halfway along the way back, my daughter became whiny and uncooperative. Eventually we made it to the car and got home. After we were done, I posted the final results to twitter and dailymile.com and it was suggested that I walk the 3-day. I’ve looked at it before and I’ve considered it recently, but I’ll need some more encouragement or motivation to sign up. I’ve gotten into the outdoors thing in the last few months, but 60 miles over 3 days is a bit excessive, and the fact that I have to raise $2300 is the other part that’s keeping me from agreeing to it. Who knows, in a few weeks I might decide that it’s a good idea. After all, my mother is a breast cancer survivor.
Happy New Year!