2.2-mile hike with K2 in Bloomfield at Farmington River Park. 

3.6-mile run / hike in Northwest Park between raindrops. 

Early Morning visit #5 to PT.

Drove to visit the folks, made taco's for us.

Picked up the Seagull Guitar on the way back home.

Also on this day in 2006, I completed a Metacomet Marathon with my dog Tippi;  it was just us.  

By 2005, most of my running turned toward exploring and mapping routes through the forest of Western Massachusetts and North Central Connecticut, with an emphasis on picking out ways to connect big tracks of land, and turn them into runs of marathon length.

This run began in Sunrise Park, Suffeld, Connecticut and flowed south through Penwood State Forest in Bloomfield and Simsbury, Connecticut.  

We spent 6:27:00 completing a little over 28-miles or so.  

This was my 31st marathon completed, and Tippi's 7th. 

Notes:  A great day;  started out 50 degrees at the 9:45 A.M. start time.  I believe it reached 70 degrees during the day, with most of it in the mid to upper 60’s.  Sunny and blue sky entire time, with a bit of a nice breeze every once and a while.

Tippi taking a look back off a ledge.

 

Late Afternoon visit #4 to PT.

Ratified Union Contract late evening (success).

Bands and Live Performances I've been a part of:

#4.

Somewhere between sophomore and junior years of high school, a group of friends formed Midnight Hollow.

Basically, the ABCD Band evolved a bit with a new drummer and guitarist-vocalist.

Our first performance was at a Youth Center Dance at the Junior High.

We played several sets, I can remember performing (a limited memory at this point but I recall we played close to thirty different songs):

Rockin' Me (Steve Miller)

Sweet Home Alabama, Needle and the Spoon & Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Jumpin' Jack Flash (Peter Frampton Version)

Help is on the Way (Little River Band)

Cinnamon Girl & Lotta Love (Neil Young)

Best of My Love & Lyin' Eyes (Eagles)

A few original compositions.

Visit #2 in 2023 for acupuncture at Healing Ways Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine.

"Non" Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #08 for 2023...

"The Up Down" written by Barry Gifford, published 2015.  

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Full Day visit with my folks, including a nice lunch from Pedrins Dairy Bar.

 

Dropped my Seagull Guitar off to be "set-up" at the Luthiers in Easthampton on the return home.

Early Morning visit #3 to PT.

Followed up with a 5.6-mile run on the Shenipsit Trail into Tolland (mostly road, paved and dirt).

Early Evening drive to Gran-Val Scoop with DL.

Walk Lily once in  the evening, 1-mile. 

Bike to work this morning - coldish (30's).

Back to PT for the right ankle/heal/achilles (#2).

Bicycle home from work, 5.5-miles.

Back to PT for the right ankle/heal/achilles (#1).

Trying the newly opened Int Rehab near work.

Northwest Park for 3.9-miles.