Sun 14 May 2006
Did another reasonable sized walk today. Needed to run by work and print some things out in anticipation of tomorrow morning’s departure, so I headed in that directon. Stopped at Champaign Surplus on the way there and picked up another pair of hiking socks. Also got a synthetic t-shirt that was on clearance for 5 bucks. Went on over to work, did my business, and then walked down through campus. That was kind of a neat experience, because today is graduation day, and there were lots and lots of seniors that were out in their blue robes. There was a line about 40 people long waiting to get a picture with the Alma Mater statues. But, the whole thing had me thinking to myself “been there; done that”. But, good for them.
Anyway, from there I kept heading south until I got to the main road south of town and took it over to where I could come back north and stop at Culvers for lunch. According to the website, the custard flavor of the day was Trufflicious. Sounded good. Got there, and the flavor of the day was actually chocolate covered strawberries. Which I also like a great deal. So, I had lunch there, stopped by the bank ATM to take care of some business, and then made it back to the house.
A little over 7 miles in all:
About 10 minutes before I got to Culvers, it started sprinkling on me. The radar didn’t have any organized cells, but this was just simple stuff. Kinda sprinkled on me the rest of the way home. When I got here, I mowed the lawn, in the light rain. Had to get that done before tomorrow. So, it wasn’t ideal lawn mowing conditions, but it worked. And, I’ve tried to call Mom a couple of times, but haven’t yet managed to actually find anyone at home. So, that’s the latest. Signing off for now. See everyone in a few!
