I walk every morning, with a few days missed yearly, due to increment weather. I do at least 1 mile and up to 5. My average is 3. I start by climbing a hill with a 100 foot rise in a 1/2 mile. Most days I do a rural walk across a hayfield road and walk a county road where I greet several horses and ranch dogs that will walk their fence line with me. The cattle I see are usually grazing and pay me no mind.
It is rare not to see a dead raccoon, skunk, or opossum in the middle of the road. There is one spot I call Opossum crossing where sometimes an entire family of opossums are wiped out trying to get over to the chicken farm across the road. I hate those ugly rats even if they are the USA's only marsupial. The kids that love to race out on that road at night, keep kill counts on those varmints that get greedy and prefer chicken over the mice and gophers on their side of the road.
I usually wear out one pair of USA made New Balance every year. I have had great success with comfort and durability of the NB running shoe even though I walk, don't run. Old age has me reflecting on the title of that old famous Ventures tune. I think every guitarist learned it in the old days.
