Take a Walk in the Park Day 2024
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It has been known to and used by me for a long time now and I once went there every day for exercise.
At that time which was early in the project, the West side of the river bank had not been completed and I primarily concerned myself with doing brisk laps of the City of Columbia side. I was really into the exercise regime for quite a while.
Rain or shine you could find me there trudging the paths and the walkways in search of that elusive level of fitness I pursued.
I became good friends with a Columbia policeman who was mounted on a white mare and we would have a nice chat most days. I think the horse even grew to tolerate my presence better over time.
Nowadays I'm not out there getting exercise and I'm afraid my feebleness grows exponentially as a result.
Today is Take a Walk in the Park Day which goes down each March 30th as a mechanism to encourage us to engage exercise and improve health without going to a lot of expense. It was founded to allow people to commune with nature and engage the natural beauty to be found in the great outdoors.
I hope you can take the opportunity to go walking through a nice wooded park the next time it arises. I brings a peaceful calm to big burly high strung type A technophiles such as myself.
Happy Take a Walk in the Park Day.