Training Log Archive: BillD

With S ambling around p'lot of old Waring factory in New Hartford. Had the place to ourselves save for a pickup truck with long RV astern and a prospective buyer who showed up in a Subaru.

Highlight: a young wild turkey came around the front corner of the warehouse, spotted us, and proceeded to scamper straight as an arrow for 150 yards across the lot and field and into the woods.

With S around Peoples SP parking lot. Coupled with a picnic. Not too many others there, mostly mothers with small children taking opportunity on a lovely day to get out of the house, I suppose. The river was full of men fishing.

Bought gas in New Hartford on way home for only $2.099! Haven't paid that little since 1973 when the oil crisis hit. I do remember paying only 34 cents/gallon in 1970 on the Navy base in San Diego in 1970, though -- high test at that.

And Canton stations are still selling regular for $2.399, just a few miles down the road. Go figure.

C • Gas 7

Took a few hours to leisurely drive through Joshua Tree NP. Many stops for me to walk around little mountains of humungous boulders of granite blasted smoothe over eons. Gathered some spectacular phots.

Took one nasty fall, left foot slipping forward down a granite-dust covered slope. No injury from impact but one of my upper left quads got strained as it over-tightened in a recovery response. No squats or lunges on that leg for awhile. Need handrail sport to rise from sitting.