Read, Listen, Nibble

I made it through two weeks and things are going great. Some friends came in from Colorado and we spent the weekend at Seaside Park, NJ, but I still made time for my walks. Seaside is very pedestrian friendly and on Saturday I alternated between the boardwalk, beach and street level, while barefoot. I did rip my feet up a bit, but I didn’t get any blisters. Still, I decided to wear shoes on Sunday.

I had company on Sunday’s walk, as we headed to the bay to watch the sun set. Another treat in walking at the shore is the beauty of the natural and human environment. Gorgeous people, amazing skies and idiosyncratic architecture make it a very interesting place to walk, especially compared to my cookie-cutter suburban environment back home. In Seaside Park, every house has a story. I am fortunate enough to have a personal tour guide as well, the friend whose house I was staying at for the weekend. He pointed out houses of people he knew, and people he knew of. We marveled over the modern three-story glass houses and smiled at the one story house with pylons in front made to look like it was on the boardwalk.

Another treat of that walk was watching the geese catching dinner. The adults were sitting on a sand bar on the edge of the bay poking in the sand, while the younger geese palled around, a group of them swimming from one end of the gathered geese to the other to join the other little birds.

Finally, we reached the bay and walked down the pier, making our way through waving kids, crab nets, and at the end a happy couple enjoying a romantic moment. I enjoy my walk every day, but this was special. This was the real Jersey Shore.

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