First Walk in the New Neighborhood

It’s been about two weeks since our last morning walk. We moved from DC to Virginia about ten days ago and have finally settled down enough to begin our familiar routine. We are just ten miles away from Capitol Hill, but our neighborhood is so very different - in a good way! So this morning we decided to try the north route that brings us to a small park with a walking path. It reminded us of a tiny version of Grant Park in Milwaukee on Lake Michigan. Since it’s still spring the flowering trees looked lovely. What we immediately noticed that anyone we passed by enthusiastically exchanged greetings or waved - so very different than the “cold” DC personalities and much more like what we were used to in the friendly Midwest. The trail took us in to a residential neighborhood and we were able to stay on a sidewalk all the way back home. So many new areas don’t believe in sidewalks. Then we walked around our building where there are a few exercise machines on the trail, but there is also a fitness room in the building that we need to learn more about. We are still trying to figure out all the entrances and exits of our new building and each day becomes a little more familiar. So far so good - the neighborhood and the routine.