Windy Wednesday Walk

Who -Bob
Route -South on the beach to Forest St. (end of the Village) then back up the beach to Epstein St.access, over the the bike path and home
Length - 4 miles
Time - 80 min. Left home at .11:35
Music - Gram Parsons for most of the walk but shifted to some Guy Clark for the last half mile.
Weather -55 and very windy. 20 mph plus gusts from the NW. Walking into the wind on the beach was not for sissies (so I cut over the bike path).
Notes - Nice walk. Lots of people on the bike path. Actually did 2 miles on Sun and Mon. (12/29) but didn't post. 4 miles is feeling pretty comfortable. I will nail a 6 mile in the next couple of days.

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Slide show posted

I posted a few of the photos I took on my walk on Friday. Slide show or individually
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A foggy walk through the Village.

Who -Bob
Route - South on beach road to southern end of Village at Nags Head. Back W. across bypass then back north throught the Village westside. Cut across to Danube on N. end and home. See map.
Length - 4 miles
Time - 1:10 Left home at 8:50 -
Music - Nashville Underground. Songwriters singing their songs.
Weather -50 and foggy. Light SE breeze
Notes -
Cold hands but 18 minute miles. This is a big deal. Good workout. Feeling this one in my lungs a little bit. Tomorrow we go for 8.
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Sunrise beach stroll

Route - Beach north to outfall at Davis cottage
Length - 2 miles
Time - 90 minutes Left home at 7:00am
Music - A playlist of music I picked up in Nashville last April. Includes some local songwriters like Gary Burr and Victoria Shaw also Greatest Hits by Terry Clark and Suzy Boggus, a live Sam Cooke and a classic Otis Reading (Otis Blue). This was great walking music. All kinds of moods and temp0
Weather - Blue sky, 48 degrees, wind NE @10, my hands got cold but it was not troublesome,
Notes - A great sunrise walk. Big photo shoot walk, more photos than walking but I did 2 miles and will do more tomorrow. This is the sunrise shot. When I get more shots posted I will add a link to a future blog. (Done, click to see the slide show) This was just a wonderful walk. Lots to see, good weather and great music and I took my camera.
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Christmas Eve walking

Route - My old standard walk down Danube to Hesperides then up the hill and around the long loop back to Danube. East across both roads to the ocean at Small St. then back across to Old Cove and home.
Length - 2 miles
Time - 45min. Left home at 3:30 pm
Music -Carols by James Taylor, Diana Kraul, Faith Hill and Gretchen Peters. I picked traditional carols for Christmas Eve
Weather - Gray sky, light N wind low 50's. We should get some rain tonight
Notes - Wore my Santa hat. I got a lot of looks and a couple comments. Heard as a car loaded with young ones drove by, a shriek of "Look there's Santa" Not sure how Mom and Dad explained that.
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Nice Walk along the Sound

Route - South on Beach Road to S. end of Village at Nags Head. West to cart path. Cart path along s0und to northern Village border with Old Nags Head Cove. Home along Cobia.
Length - 4 miles
Time - 1:20 Left home at 7:45 am.
Music -Holiday Jazz. A nice Billy Holiday "I've got my love to keep me warm", Maynard Ferguson, Ella, Count Basie rock the caroles.
Weather - Bright blue sky with a few white clouds. Temp 36 Wind N @ 3-5
Notes - Great walk along the sound. Saw some ducks.Not a bad day to walk. Great walk along the sound. Saw some ducks. Wish I had had my camera.
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To the Pier and back

Four miles today. Walked to the Nags Head Pier 7:30 am to around 9:00 am. Found a porta john. Need to find more. Drank a half liter of Gatorade. We will see you this works.

I am now registered. Lot of work to do on my Avon page before I unveil it. Add some photos and personalize the text some.

Music - Susie Boggus - Sweet Danger and some older stuff spiced with cuts from Bonnie Raitt.
Weather - 50's wind S @ 15 Overcast and dark when I started. Scattered blue sky by the end.
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Walked six miles - Today I register

Nice walk over the noon hour. From home to Jennettes Pier. Google Maps says this is 6 miles. It was a little cold, windy and it even drizzled for about 5 minutes, still it felt good and no ill effects now 2 hours after I finished.
I did 4 miles on the beach last Saturday and with today's walk I have decided that there is no reason why I can't be ready for the Avon Walk in May. Therefore I will register today and get the process started.

Weather - Cloudy, NE Wind at 10, a little drizzle
Music - Como Now (accapella spirituals) and Elizabeth Cotton (Peidmont finger style blues played by one of the originators).
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