On Saturday, June 26th, I woke up at about 7:17 AM, and it was raining.<\/p>\n
So I decided to lay in bed until closer to 8:00 AM to see if the rain would stop, and it did.<\/p>\n
I got ready and left the house at 8:01 AM to walk to the Old Town Alexandria Farmer’s Market. The humidity was at 90% after the rain, which made the heat worse. I dropped off my compost there. Then gathered a few items from the market and headed back home, which is a three and a quarter-mile round trip.<\/p>\n
When I got home put the items away and then ate a mixed berry tart and most of the quart of cold water to re-hydrate. Getting some food and water in me was helpful.<\/p>\n
Once I finished the mixed fruit tart and cold water. I headed to the Del Ray Farmer’s Market and MOM’s Organic Market to drop off recycled glass bottles and jars.<\/p>\n
So I stopped by St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub and ran into a few friends. One of them I had not seen since around Xmas of 2019 or so. Their children are now at least a year and a half older and have grown a great deal.<\/p>\n
I did a bit of quick shopping for some cherry tomatoes and greens at the Del Ray Farmer’s Market.<\/p>\n
Then I started the mile-plus walk to the MOM’s to drop off my glass to be recycled. Of course, I missed both to the buses headed that way, so it was better to walk than wait 30 minutes in the heat.<\/p>\n
I went behind the MOMs Organic Market to drop off my bottles and jars.<\/p>\n
When leaving stopped for the second time at the apartment building near the parking lot exit that had a nice young lady selling fresh tamales she made. I ordered two pork and two chicken tamales. Each tamale had some green beans, potato, and yellow pepper on them this week.<\/p>\n
After ordering, I noticed they had both a bean and all-veggie version. So next time I go, I’m either going to get one of all four kinds of tamales or, more likely, the bean and all veggie tamales.<\/p>\n
As I was getting ready to leave, I think the young woman’s mother came out and is one that makes the tamales. I asked if they had any lemonade. She told me she was finishing up in the house and would be bringing it out in about three minutes.<\/p>\n
So I waited and got a cold glass with ice.<\/p>\n
The best part is each of the tamales is only $2.00 apiece, and so is the lemonade. The tamales, in my opinion, are worth more than that, so when my bill came to $10.00 total, I gave them $15.<\/p>\n
I then walked over to the front of the MOM’s, which has three metal table and connected chairs out front to eat. I ate a pork and a chicken tamale while drinking my lemonade and relaxing.<\/p>\n
The tamales are wrapped in thick tinfoil and a banana leaf. I was able to eat them with my hands because I did not see any silverware.<\/p>\n
Once I was done, I noticed that the second bus heading towards home went by. So it was going to be another 30 minutes before the next one.<\/p>\n
I started walking home, taking my time, and walking on the shady side of the street.<\/p>\n
Of course, when I looked at the schedule, it looks like on the weekend, the one bus line is only running every hour, which meant a longer time to wait for it.<\/p>\n
Of course, another bus came by because it must have been off schedule, and I wasn’t near a stop when the bus drove past me. So I continued to walk towards home.<\/p>\n
As I passed St. Elmo’s again, one friend was still there like an hour and a half later with the other person’s father with their two children.<\/p>\n
So by not taking the bus, I was able to talk to him after about a year and a half or more.<\/p>\n
He offered me a ride home which I declined because I was way too sweaty to get in his car.<\/p>\n
After a bit of talking and cooling down in the shade, I walked the mile and a half home.<\/p>\n
It took a while, but I got home, I put all the food away and took a nap after re-hydrating.<\/p>\n
After my nap, I heated the two remaining tamales and had them with a bottle of kombucha.<\/p>\n
After eating and drinking then I went for another walk since I was up to eight and a quarter miles. I figure I could get to ten miles for the day.<\/p>\n
After I got moving, I figured I could get enough steps in to get to 25,000 steps for the day. Then it became needing another 1,000 or so steps to get to over twelve miles of walking.<\/p>\n
I finally got home and, to cool off, grabbed some cold water, my book, and my rockerless rocker, and a folding table to sit on the back deck to read.<\/p>\n
So not a bad day, even though looking later in the evening, I ended up with a blister on the ball of each of my feet.<\/p>\n
So after walking to two farmers’ markets and running into friends, I had not seen since before the pandemic. Purchasing four homemade tamales and lemonade, along with a short nap.<\/p>\n
I walked 26,656 steps for the day. For a total of 12.22 miles over 260 minutes, 22 floors, and burned 4,402 calories.<\/p>\n
Not something I want to do again in the heat, but good to know I can do it if properly hydrated and fed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Saturday, June 26th, I woke up at about 7:17 AM, and it was raining. So I decided to lay in bed until closer to 8:00 AM to see if the rain would stop, and it did. Off to the … Continue reading