Good morning or good evening, wherever  you may be. It is just past 1:30 a.m. in "The City."

Well, we got up extra early yesterday to begin our quest to walk that virtual 288 miles. We were supposed to start at Kirk Park just north of Holland, but when we arrived there were so many people already in line, that we travelled a bit farther south to Olives Shores County Park where we had the place to ourselves.

We walked some steps here.

We then worked our way back towards GH and stopped at Rosy Mound Natural Area, where we added more steps. To memorialize our visit, we took some additional pictures.

A map of Rosy Mound Natural Area.

Me on a bench there.

Mary on another bench.

The forest primeval. in Rosy Mound 

Finally, home and then a trip to the cook's store north of Muskegon for a veggie fry pan that Mary wanted for our grill. Once the weather cooperates, we can actually cook some veggies on the grill. 

Back home again, where Mary created a dinner of spaghetti noodles mixed with garlic infused olive oil and some additional garlic that I assisted in preparing. I play Sous Chef to Mary's Head Chef. STSD assisted by staying out of the way.

Looks great, tasted better.

Speaking of the weather, the current temperature is 41°, but it feels like 36°. According to the local meteorologist, that's a 30° drop from the high temperature of the previous day. Today, we expect cloudy skies and a high temperature of 63° before evening, when the showers that plagued us Monday night return without the thunder and lightning. Those showers are forecast to continue into Thursday, accompanied by a high temperature of  only 54°. At least the lawns, the vegetables, and the flowers of the PE will benefit. 

Since my dogs were barking after our day of stepping, Mary took a walk alone to the downtown to return a package at the UPS store, and then she made a stop at "That Hat", which is near the Portobello Italian Restaurant. She got a very attractive fedora style spring hat. Steph and Adam know where "That Hat" is located. She exceeded her 10,000 steps, I only made it to 6,860.

I did get in some time in the wee hours of the morning yesterday with the girls. I felt like the late Harry Chapin as he described his singing and playing in the living room of his wife in the home that she shared with her soon to be ex-husband. In his song I wanna Learn a Love Song, Harry sang lyrics that went something like this  "I sang so soft in the living room, too scared to make much noise", except I wasn't scared because Mary always says that I couldn't wake her with my playing and singing if I wanted to, which is true let me assure you. Still, I kept it down. I may do more playing this morning.

Mary had a good chat session with her internet colleagues yesterday regarding how to place words/names like MacDonald or McDonald in an index. Fascinating I'm sure, to all the other indexers out there.

In sports, the Cubs eked out a win over the Brewers to go to 15 - 5 in the NL Central, their best start since 1907. "That's all I have to say about that." The Tigers looked awful, again, as they lost to the As, this time by a score of 1 - 5. The Tigers are now in 4th place in the AL Central, given their record of 9 - 10. My beloved Red Sox defeated the hapless Braves with their record of 4 - 16 in the NL East, by a score of 11 - 4. That gives the Sox a 2nd place standing in the AL East, with a record of 11 - 9. The Caps lost to the Cedar Rapids Kernels, 0 - 1. At 9 - 9, they stand in 6th place in the Midwest League East.

Today we have nothing on tap except more stepping with STWD and more reading for me. Mary suggests that I may have to ride my bike more to avoid the wear and tear on my feet. I may have to heed her admonition. There is a conversion chart I can consult to incorporate that activity into the "Step It Up" program. There should be trains today too.

I should note that my computer shut down while I was blogging for no apparent reason. It restarted, but I have no idea why the shutdown occurred.

I have to ask Mary if she wants me to download the 438 pictures that are still stored in the memory of the camera phone.

The sun will rise today at 6:44 a.m. and set at 8:42 p.m. Ciao.