When:  Saturday–During the Afternoon- 3/3/2018
Weather: It turned into another beautiful day. I caught the day just after 8:00 when it was still in the 50’s
Observations/Thoughts

My daughter had a meeting with her robotics team at 8:00 on Saturday morning. Since I had an appointment at 11:00 in that same general direction, I decided to make the most of the situation. I am not fond or retracing my steps (really, I mean retrace my drive. I would have had to drove home, and back the same way again.). If I can come up with a way to accomplish my list and use “retracing” time more productively, then no coercion is necessary. Today was one of those days.

• Change of Venue: My walks are typically around my neighborhood. I walk out my front door and then find my way home again. Today, I chose to walk the path I walked during the summer when the girls had to cross-train at school. It gave a little variety. And, due to all of the recent rain and stretches without a sidewalk, it offered more mud possibilities as well.
• QT: Down in our part of Texas, the QT (Quik Trip) is a good place to stop for a soft drink or a coffee. Or, if you drank your coffee and a tea on the way to drop off your daughter without making any pit stops, then it will take care of your needs there, too. Without this little luxury today, I would have been in bad shape.
• Old Christmas decorations:  Where I walked today is an area with lower-end housing.  I was able to see a palm tree wrapped like a candy cane.  And, a deer made of lights was still straddling the fence of its owner.
• Soil not sand:  On my side of town, the rain washed out mostly sand.  Where I walked today, the sand doesn’t flow when the crowd is saturated.  The soil made rippling patterns on the sidewalk just like the sand in my neighborhood.  The sand looks more inviting and less dirty.
• Political signs:  This walk had lots more signs.  They seem to accumulate at the minimum distance to the voting facility.  (I am writing this a couple days after.  The signs have gotten even thicker as election day has gotten closer. Today, Tuesday, was even thicker.)  Sunday night I saw the truck and trailer with the assignment of cleaning up the signs. His usual assignment is cleaning up the signs from home builders.  I didn’t follow him to confirm whether he was limiting his collection to non-political signs.  Tomorrow or likely next weekend, he will fill his trailer a few times over.