LOOKED UP THE MEANING OF 'SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE' AND IT LEFT ME A LITTLE SHAKY

Short 20-minute drive for Pheebs and I into Bayfield this morning.  Home again I hopped into our little Winnie and drove it over to Richards.  He's going to make and install a wider set of running boards for it.  Being Richard's turn to drive this morning we climbed into his van and headed off on another one of our semi-monthly country road coffee runs.  And needless to say, a good time was had by all.  I'll pick the Motorhome up in a few days.

SPOTTED THIS BLUE HERON IN THE HULLET MARSH A FEW DAYS AGO TRYING TO EAT IT'S LUNCH

Although the day turned out to be cloudy and cool with a few rain showers I was quite happy with it being that way.  A very welcome change from hot and humid.  

Kelly's jaw is feeling much better and she is past the pain meds.  My Nurse Practitioner phoned late Friday afternoon with some good news.  Said there was no need for me to come in twice next week for another 24 blood pressure test. (squeezy thing on my arm)  Said they finally found my test results from over a month ago.  Said my overall blood pressure was a bit high but nothing to panic about.

COUNTED 8 FROGS IN OUR POND TODAY

With cooler air upon us today I could feel my hitch-itch stirring.  After 13 straight years of heading south in the Fall that hitch-itch feeling is ingrained in me now and generally begins with the seasonal change from Summer to Autumn.  And that would be right about now.  

SAW THIS VW CAMPER-VAN IN BAYFIELD THIS MORNING AND WONDERED IF IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MINE BACK IN THE MID 80'S WHEN IN EARLY SEPTEMBER I TOURED AROUND CANADA'S EAST COAST WITH IT

'Hitch-itch' - The restless urge to see new territory, to find what is beyond the curve in the road ahead.  Both Snow Bird and Fulltime RVers after staying in one spot for a time get hitch-itch and want to hook up their RV and move on down the road to see new sights.

When as a young person not at all that many years ago the words 'sedentary lifestyle' didn't mean a hill of beans to me.  It was something old people did and had no place or meaning in my life.  My oh my how things have changed and oh how those two once distant and then unimportant words have come back to not only tap me on the shoulder but to absolutely grab me by the shoulders and shake me like a rag doll!!  I looked up the meaning of 'sedentary lifestyle' today and it left me more than a little shaky.  Neither Kelly or I have ever been big on exercising for the sake of exercising and yet here we are now at a point in our lives where probably one of the best things we could do for ourselves would be to get involved in some kind of exercise program.  Just the thought of that gives me the willows, and yet here we are standing at that very sedentary lifestyle doorstep.  Oh Dear, how did this happen and where are we to begin..........................  

GROANER'S CORNER:(( The German controllers at Frankfurt Airport were a short-tempered lot. They not only expected you to know your parking location but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (PanAm 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground and a British Airways 747 (radio call Speedbird 206) after landing.

Speedbird 206: "Good morning Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of the active."

Ground: "Good Morning, taxi to your gate." The British Airways 747 pulls onto the main taxiway and stops.

Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"

Speedbird 206: "Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up the gate location now."

Ground (impatiently): "Speedbird 206, have you never flown to Frankfurt before?"

Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, in 1944. But I didn't stop".

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