Remember

Come walk with me, Hold my hand, and Remember other walks.

(day 60)

Olympus OMD-M5II, 14-150mm, 15mm, ISO, 3200, 1/50, f/5.6. May 21, 2023, 7:00am. Fernie, BC.

We would walk every morning. We would start our walks together for 2-kms, I would then run and then join you for the last 3-km to home. Best start to the day ever. Now that I am walking again, it is not the same; but it will have to do. Remember all the places we would walk?

• Linden, where we spent our last three summers. Our first year there you would walk two 5-km circuits every day. I would take pictures on my walks during the day and share the pictures with you when I got back to the bus. The reason for this blog.
• Prairie Winds Park, Calgary, where we would walk every day. You got in your 10,000 steps before breakfast. Every day you would wave to me when I ran down the ramp at the McKnight pedestrian bridge. As I cross that bridge now, I look to where you would wave and wave to the memories. 
• Whitehorse, where one day you walked for 50,000 steps! Amazing! We would walk four times a day; once for ice cream.
• Katherine Lake, Yukon, one of the prettiest places to walk anywhere. We were planning on travelling further, but once we saw the campground we just stayed. 
• Blackfoot, Idaho (around the lake, behind the Walmart), where one day you walked at a pace of 8 minutes, 34 seconds per kilometer -- best ever!
• Banff, Alberta, where we would start our walks together around the campground, then I would run and finally join you to end our walks. We would also walk downtown for ice cream! Maybe we burned off some of it by the time we walked back up the hill to Tunnel Mountain Campground.
• Orlando, Florida, where we walked to Sea World and had the best tour ever of that facility and then walked back to the hotel. 
• Tampa, Florida, where we walked along the water; usually heading out in the dark and enjoying every second of it. We saw Winter, the dolphin with no tail at the Clearwater Aquarium. We were so impressed that we left a donation. 
• San Antonio, Texas, where we walked along the river into downtown San Antonio, walked along the canals, toured the Alamo and then walked back. When in downtown San Antonio we bought a ceramic tulip, which I look at every day and think about our trips with the AVCA. 
• Arches National Park, where I was overwhelmed that I could share something so beautiful with someone so beautiful to me.
• Moab, Utah, where you got the biggest blister ever and couldn't walk for days. 
• Fountain Hills, Arizona, where we walked in late March and enjoyed the desert flowers; and avoided the coyotes. You walked with your headphones on and I couldn't believe you would walk underneath a tree covered with bees. I guess the sound of the audiobooks covered up the sound of the bees. 
• Boppard, Germany, where we walked along the Rhine; all the way to St. George and back. Such a beautiful country to visit! 
• Hiawatha Trail, Idaho, our first rail to trails experience. Such a beautiful place. If we went again we were going to take our e-bikes.
• Kananaskis, Alberta, where we would add on a walk to Boulton Creek at the end of the day for ice cream.
• and Miami, Oklahoma, where we spent so many of your birthdays. You would walk at Rotary Park with its 1-mile loop. We visited our great friends -- a relationship starting with you picking up the phone and saying "yes, I will help".

Come walk with me, hold my hand, and remember.