Mile 17 through 20, Warren

It is so, so hard for me to get up in the morning.  I am NOT a morning person.  Getting up and walking early is so not me!  Anybody who knows me well will tell you I'm the last person you would expect to get up and hit the ground with a lengthy walk.  But I know this about myself:  if I don't get up and walk first thing, I will procrastinate the time away until next thing you know it is nighttime and too late to walk.

This young gal woke me up this morning.  They have a little pasture right next to my parents' house.

Today I did not meet Plan A.  Plan A was that I would drive to the mall, park there, walk into Warren, work out at Curves; and then my Dad would pick me up after his breakfast meeting and then take me back to my car.  Well, while I did get up before my Dad left, I did not get up in time to make that whole deal work.  Bummer.  At least I took the time to make a proper breakfast and go eat with my Mom who is recovering from knee surgery.

Thus it's Plan B.  Plan B is that I drive into North Warren, parking 2 miles out from the Curves gym where I would be working out today.  This ended up to be Auto Zone across from the old Quality Market.  I began heading into North Warren, grateful that I would not have to deal with hills today.  My view from the beginning of my walk.

 
Today's walking route is the Hike and Bike Trail that goes from North Warren into Warren.  Last night I had looked at Google Maps to see where I should park that would be 2 miles out from the gym.  Dad was hoping I would begin my walk in time for me to catch him at the tail end of his breakfast meeting with his good friend, so I didn't stop too much along this end to take pictures.  I just got a quick picture of the trail as it began.  I love all the green!

This is the Conewango Creek.

At the end of the trail, I came out into the town.  Sidewalks and everything!  This is nice after walking on the skinny edge of a road lately or on dirt roads.  I quickly walked to the end of Market St. where lo and behold, I saw my Dad and his good friend, Chase.  (Allow me to take this opportunity to plug my Dad's book Servants of the Wind available on Amazon!  Yessiree, proud that my Dad has authored a book that takes place during the Civil War Era.)

 That's me with Chase on the left, and that's Chase with my Dad in the other picture.

After me quick hello and conversation with those guys, I continued on to Curves.  Imagine, I had just walk 2 miles and then went and did a full work-out at the gym!  I even told the Curves owner that I had parked 2 miles away in order to come there today.

 
 So after working out, I began to head back to my car.  I had more time for pictures now.  Here is a couple of really beautiful church buildings that are on the way.  It's a Presbyterian Church and a United Methodist Church.


Another famous building in Warren is the court house.

 Banners line the street.

One other building!  My dentist!  Well, it's not my dentist anymore; his son is the dentist now, but this is the building where my smile went from being like a young Melissa Gilbert to something a little less conspicuous.

And by the time I got back into my car, behold, my pedometer!  This is quite a bit more walking than usual and all done by 10:30.

Total steps today: 17,402