Beautiful sunsets in Carlsbad

Mellow needed another walk so we went west at sunset for a round trip of a little less than 1.5 miles. The fog rolling into a valley below is really beautiful at sunset. Some people see fog as eerie, but to me it looks amazing filling a valley with light up above. The sunset was quite colorful as it nearly always is.

I actually had the thought as I was walking and watching the sunset that you should visit San Diego County if you haven't before. Yes, we have earthquakes and wildfires and mudslides, but it's still worth it. I say that as someone who has experienced some extreme conditions here. I'm used to the earthquakes and have never had a serious problem personally because of one. The last one I remember I woke up and then rolled over and went to sleep after greeting God in passing.

Back in the early 80's my family almost lost part of our house because of flooding in Valley Center and a girl I knew in high school did drown in a flood. Recently, a friend of my wife's had his home burn to the ground. [Matt Lauer took him and his wife out to dinner for their anniversary and bought them some nice clothes, but that's another story.] While we don't have tornados or lava, I guess you can say that nature is not perfectly safe here. But, yes, it's still worth it to live here. On the other hand, if the natural phenomena of this area scare you from living here, that's ok, because we do have a lot of people here. You can still visit and then go home if you like. There are lots of great places to walk. [With a pedometer.]

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Keep walking even a little

Here it is Saturday, but there has been so much going on that I haven't quite walked a mile and it's almost noon. My honey is going to Florida tomorrow early and we spent a little time in one of our couple rituals this morning and I have assignments still to do to help her on her way. She just took our son to get his ankle checked after last night's soccer game and I'm about to take his two buddies to the movies because this outing was put in motion before he and his mother decided that he should get the ankle checked today rather than Monday.

But the dog really needed a walk, so I did get a little one in. I look forward to Monday when Christine will start "forcing" me to come in a couple times a week. When I was at Toastmasters yesterday I shared about walking and found out that at least a couple more people are walking in earnest in the new year. When you tell other people about what you're doing you can find those who are willing to support you in your goals. Conversely, if you don't share they don't know. So...walk. And tell somebody.

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