a milestone!

Today marked a milestone! OK, for most people, it's not a milestone, but for us - lately - it's rather remarkable: We walked a full five days this week!
This summer, and fall (whenever it was here), it seemed one of us (usually me) was canceling for one reason or another. Either my kid was sick, we were out of town, I was busy at work, etc., it seemed as if something was coming up at least once a week.

But not this week! Yay for us.

OK, back to the topic at hand.

Today was dreary. And wet, Not that we were drenched, but it felt like we were walking through a constant mist.

Today's, quote, from me: "I really think we've gotten rained on more in the month of October than we did all summer."

We walked downtown and saw a friendly face:

Laurie first fell in love with this kitty, for whom we have a special name that I won't share here, last spring as it seems he is outside during nice weather days. We saw him frequently last spring, but haven't seen him lately because we're usually walking along our Lake Bemidji trail. Well, he was out again today and more than happy for affection.

(OK, I know this is a bad picture because I chopped off the top of Laurie's head, but just look at how comfortable and happy the cat is!)

We then decided to try out to the sidewalks along Irvine Avenue (which I hope are done now since we were walking along them, but we saw a whole bunch of people out walking there today, so we decided to give it a try).

The sidewalks gave us a nice view of the almost-but-not-quite-yet-finished Irvine Avenue. I'm sure the project will result in a nice new roadway - and more dependable infrastructure for those along Irvine Avenue - so it is nice to see it nearing completion.

We were a bit confused about the sidewalks in some areas, though. The first piece of sidewalks (near 15th Street) seemed to be brand new, but others not so much.

Eventually, we figured out that the entire sidewalk area must not have been replaced:

It was a change of scenery for us along Irvine and for that, we were appreciative.

We had a nice, shorter walk today. Due to the rain and the fact that I am trying to sneak out of the office a little early today. I have company coming for dinner and I need to still get organized.

Here is today's How Well Do You Know Bemidji entry (due to the grayness of the day, I thought some color might be appreciated):

And yesterday's, in case you hadn't guessed, is that the fish was among the dozens (or more) fish posted along the outer windows of the Headwaters Science Center. The HSC is raising funds toward its planned Saltwater Fish Exhibit. The tank already was donated by the Northern Minnesota Reef Club, but more dollars are needed for the exhibit itself.

Happy weekend (almost)!

- Bethany

Posted by: trailmix on 10/16/2009 at 1:23 PM | Comments (2) | Permalink

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