KateP's musings

  Ever since I found out there was an easy hiking trail in the area I have wanted to go to it.   It is called The Racebrook Tract .   It is in Orange and about 7 miles from here.   It is considered to be easy to moderate hike and it’s in a beautiful area.   I invited Dave and Jim (his partner) to join me at 11:30.   It is going to be cool temperatures (45 to 50 degrees) so I am going to break out a sweat shirt with my work out clothes.   I don’t normally wear socks but I think today I will.   AS I am reading the link I posted above I should not be surprised to know that there is a connection to the Yale forestry school.   I am very excited that it will cross into Woodbridge which is beautiful farm land and rural area.   In all likelihood I won’t be taking pictures I tend to forget but I am sure Dave and Jim will remind me. So I went to Wallingford yesterday.   The ride was nice even though it rained a little.   When I got th...

Good Morning! It is a sunny beautiful Sunday morning.   It is 75 and going to get hotter.   I will be leaving in about 2 hours for the solo walk in Maclean Nature Preserve in Granby.   I was just reading some of the comments from members and overall they loved it.   One had to back out because of the heat (oh and two of them did it yesterday and the other did it last week sometime.   It is supposed to be equally hot up there but one of the participants said she went at 10 yesterday and it was lovely. When I spoke to Alex about this he said to be sure to drink lots of water and prepare for this hike.   I am trying to drink some water now and will have a protein shake or two before going but I plan on bringing Jell-O and pudding with me.   (I can’t have any real solids just yet). I am not sure how many I am taking (it’s a two hour hike and easy) so probably not much there is a farm/brewery near there (no not going there to drink but will look around)...

The pampering Meetup that was planned for today has been postponed to august 8, 2020.   I am glad for a couple of reasons.   I have a full day today and tomorrow.   Unfortunately I won’t be able to go to the one in August either because of the Wedding shower for my great niece to be is on that day. This morning is exercise class that Alex won’t be leading again (disappointed!) but I also love Paige so that’s okay.   Then I will meet with Alex at 12:30 for our personal training session.   This will be slightly tough because of the two cookies I had in the last two days.   I don’t think “my tooth broke and I couldn’t chew” is going to really make it. I have grocery shopping to do for the week and for the solo hike on Sunday.   For anyone wondering it’s at the MacLean Nature Preserve in Granby CT.   I haven’t been there before and it is an hour and 10 minute ride.   It is an activity from the Hiking with Friends Meetup group.   I am hop...

It's 12:30 am Tuesday.  I am starting my second week in LV.  We just got home from an evening at the Freemont Street experience.  It was amazing. We parked and started our night El Cortez.  We walked through part of the experience to get to Tony Roma's for dinner.  I had the Chicken Mojo. There was so much I had to bring it home. We spent the next several hours split up.  M did some gambling and R and I enjoyed the music and the walk and window shopping. The Light show was awesome and going every hour on the hour.  The Zip line users were over head and I am telling you I would be screaming the entire time! We made a quick stop at the store for my fruit and yogurt and a card for my co worker Michele who had lost her sister after a short illness. We made it to the Exploration Peak Park...we did the mile long loop around the park.  I was slightly disappointed because we couldn’t really find the start of the other trails that really tur...

I am trying to catch up on my blogging this morning.  I wasn’t in the mood to do it last night after the afternoon I had.  I slept most of it after getting sick. Yesterday was the hike at the Osbornedale State Park.   I have to say despite the one person I could have done without , I will have to get used to it.  I enjoyed the hike.  It was about two miles and we got to hear a little bit of everyone’s story.  I know there is a retired NY cop, a state worker (who is the photographer), and a divorcee, and the woman who bitched on and off about stuff is a  property manager for several homes.   But she is originally from Israel.  She will be moving out of state.  Why is it there is at least one person to bitch the entire time about something.  If you don’t want to get poison ivy the woods are not where you should be walking!!  WE tried (to no avail) to not speak of politics.  AT one point we split and two took t...