At my last job, I usually got in several miles a day walking due to the size of the complex I worked at and the fact that the systems I managed were scattered around two very large buildings so exercise was built in to the job..
Now for the past 7 months I not only work mostly from home, but since everything I do is pretty much remote I have found that I spend most of the day sitting..... not good
So I started riding my bike in the mornings for an hour or so down to the park at featherstone shores, sitting for a bit enjoying the wildlife and water while snacking on an energy bar, then riding home, 8 or so miles round trip.....
I fean I am becoming an exercise freak! YIKES!!!
But but but ...... its not my fault and I take no responsibility for the change, it just sort of crept up on me while I was out riding my bike.. (the human powered kind)....
then I got out my sea eagle inflatable and patched it and went paddling....
this is not good....
its like actually having to make an effort to go from place to place, (but with a more comfortable seat!) just like riding the bicycle!
Double YIKES!!!!!
Even took the bike up for a tune-up and have been riding everyday for a little over a month, about 8 miles a day in the mornings before the heat sets in...which I plan on alternating on weekends with a paddle in the sea eagle inflatable kayak....
now to learn to sit and a tree and play the flute...(and I have the flute, well recorder, already, now to find a nice tree.....)
Anyway a few shots from last weekend on the Occoquan...
note that I had to do some rather serious editing on the first two (mostly contrast and sharpening) to get any detail due to the distance and the fact I was using my Olympus waterproof camera which has been a bit of a disappointment image quality wise.