Path: Apartment to Cemetery, and back
Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes July 11, 2011
Mileage: 6.35
Jill texted me other day to walk that night. I was free. She met me at my place. We had no plan or route set.
The day was hot and humid. Work was stressful and I made it a point to leave on time to meet her.
She showed up at my place about 30 minutes after I got home from work. After catching up a bit, we decided to head out. We decided parking would be a premium near the beach. She left her car at my place and we went out the door toward town.
The evening was on the brink and downtown was just picking up. People were heading out for dinner or home from work.
We crossed by the Post Office and headed down Main St. It didn’t take very long. Our perception was off. We expected it to be more than a mile to this point. So we kept going forward.
At Beach St. we weren’t sure how to cross. The intersection is more like a triangle than anything else, with an island in the middle. We ended up crossing Elm St. just before Beach and continued South.
We were going well. Jill made fun of me for taking a picture of Moore’s. I like the way greens grow on the textile building.
The sidewalk ended at State St. so again we crossed. Just up the road a bit, the sidewalk bulged up. Jill dared me to jump on it. In my flip-flops. When she realized I was game for it, we started discussing the legal/safety implications.
Once we got to River Bend Cemetery we decided that would be our turning point. Jill was certain we could go to the end of the cemetery and cut through to Margin St. I couldn’t figure out what she was talking about so I followed along. Curiosity piqued.
Of course, at the end of the cemetery is a house, with a fenced in yard. Oh and no cut-through to Margin St. “Maybe I have the wrong cemetery” Jill defended herself.
We headed back toward my place. On the way back, I pointed out St. Sebastian’s Cemetery to her as often as I could but she didn’t want to walk through that one. She had enough of cemeteries for the day.
We cut down Clark St. to Margin St. and walked along the river. The sun was setting over Connecticut and the boats at the marinas made a nice view.
It was weird to walk down Main St. again. A section of it is one-way and it seemed disorienting to go the opposite way. We strolled through downtown again and turned up Friendship.
After just over 6 miles we were back at my place and I was ready for dinner!
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