A Day of Walking and a few gifts

    Each time I spend a day walking I learn more.  Last Friday I walked 12.5 miles, and I felt good at the end!  That's exciting because I usually drag myself into the house and generally look like I'm in a state of shock.  I think the fact that I had walked 5.6 miles each morning on the treadmill for the 4 days prior made a big difference.
   This week I was away on Monday and Tuesday, then only managed 3.8 miles on Wednesday and finally 5.6 miles on Thursday.  I was pleased that I walked 13.7 miles yesterday - but oh!  I paid for it.  My feet and legs were aching throughout the evening.  I'm encouraged though.  I'm thinking that the daily walking really helps - I'll get to test that theory this coming week.  If that is the case, then perhaps walking the camino will get easier as the days progress.
   I love walking in Forest Park.  Everytime I'm there I see a great blue heron (maybe the same one each time?)  This week it was flying over.  Last week I saw it fly from one little pond to another and then I watched it watch for fish.  What a gift to see this bird each week (and if it's at the park, then maybe it won't be eating the fish in our pond at home).  This week I also saw many red-winged black birds.  Seems like I was able to get closer to them than usual.  Then there's the cute chipmonk population running around and I saw a black squirrel on my way home.  That was unusual.
   There was a whole group of special needs adults getting ready to get on the little train at the park as I walked by.  I imagine that had a great time on their train ride.  Later I saw a van of elders from Keystone arriving at the park.  I'm not sure if they were going to have lunch, or maybe just see the ducks?  It was a beautiful day for their outing.
    June 26th has passed, less than two months until I leave for Spain.  What will I see there?  May all of our eyes be opened throughout this holiday weekend to see the blessings offered to us.  Peace.