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Here I go again!  The temperatures have finally gotten out of the frigid-range and I'm out pounding the pavement for miles and miles.  I wonder what the neighbors think of all my daily walks.

It was a very hard winter for me, either the roads were ice covered or it was too cold for my walks.  I did get some snowshoeing done and it felt great to be outside, but I just don't get the same satisfaction from that as I do from pushing my legs to carry me faster along the road.

Walking is my time to enjoy nature.  I watch  flocks of Canadian Geese land in the river and fields, 100's and 100's of them swooping in; it always reminds me of the flying monkeys looking for Dorothy in the Enchanted Forest on the Wizard of Oz.  I hear the first birds of Spring - robins, red-wing black birds, cranes - calling to each other.  Yesterday I watched two kittens wrestle in the grass while their mother sat near by, flicking her tail.  I hear the rivers of water rushing through the ditches and see the chunks of frozen snow float along like mini-icebergs.  And as it gets warmer, I see the trees budding, watch the grass turn green and witness the flowers burst with beautiful colors.

There is an Amish farm on my route.  A few weeks ago when we still had snow, one of their young boys hitched up a horse and was riding behind it on a small wooden sled.  He waved and I asked if he was having a good time, "Oh yes!" he smiled.  When the winds are just right, I enjoy the wonderful smell of fresh laundry drying on their lines as I speed past.  During the summer months their horses stand by the fence waiting for me to say hello and treat them to grass that is out of their reach.

But most of all, it is my time to meditate.  I always say that I do my best thinking when I'm walking; however, even though my head is full of thoughts and I'm pushing my body to exceed it's limits, I feel a calmness rush over me.  I am at peace and it almost feels like I'm floating down the road.  It's hard to explain, but even though I am keenly aware of my body's posture, the movement of my arms and the swing of my hips, I feel as if I am outside my body.  It's a wonderful, natural high; I feel free!