I know some of you are bemoaning the lack of daylight at the end of the day, but with the time change came the first morning walks with sunlight in a long time for Choppy and me. It has been a welcome change from our starlit walks!
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Not the happiest look this one has ever given me.
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The Walks:
Day 548 (October 29 – Home) – Total Mileage: 1.3 Miles (1 Walk)
Day 549 (October 30 – Home) – Total Mileage: 2.1 Miles (1 Walk)
Day 550 (October 31 – Home) – Total Mileage: 3.4 Miles (2 Walks)
Day 551 (November 1 – Home) – Total Mileage: 2.1 Miles (1 Walk)
Day 552 (November 2 – Home) – Total Mileage: 3.4 Miles (2 Walks)
Day 553 (November 3 – Home) – Total Mileage: 2.1 Miles (1 Walk)
Day 554 (November 4 – South Bend, Indiana) – Total Mileage: 2.1 Miles (1 Walk)
The Stats:
Weekly Mileage Total: 16.5 Miles (Average: 2.4 Miles/Day)
Year 2 Mileage Total: 520.5 Miles (Average: 2.8 Miles/Day)
Travels with Choppy 
Very cute
Even Choppy has to adapt to the time chsnge. Sorry Choppy!
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We’re all getting used to it (though I, for one, am doing great with it!).
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Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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Thank you for the reblog!
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She needs something to eat. In most of the dog food is Taurine, something like amphetamines. Our former cat was once a time fed with dog food, and Voilá he “drives” with much more power. LOL
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I’ve never heard of this before – usually here, you have to keep the dogs away from the cat food, and the cats want nothing to do with the dog food.
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Mornings coming late here. I am up and ready to be out the door, stars still in sky. I can well imagine your and Choppy’s delight for more light at dusk. I do find a great sense of peace in the rhythm of the seasonal cycles of light .
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We’ll be back to walking under the stars soon enough. Thankfully, only about six weeks until our days start getting longer again!
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Morning light for another few more weeks! I read an article yesterday about the folks of Tromso, Norway, who have 3 months of no sun. Surprisingly, they have low depression rates, studies concluded it is their ‘mindset’ which focuses on the advantages of the ‘blue time’ of twilight only. Guess I could learn something from them!
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I have Hammerfest, Norway, most northern city in the world, on my Yahoo weather app, to remind me of how others are getting thru the winter…yup, very little, then no 🌞
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Actually, I did some research…not the very most northern, but it’s “way up there! “
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This is a good idea! I could put somewhere in the Yukon on as well – near where the coldest temperature ever in North America was recorded. That will probably make me feel good, even on the worst days!
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So could I! Last winter was probably the best winter I can remember since I was a kid. I think a lot of it has to do with actually getting outside for a walk every day. Even when the walks are dark, it feels good to be outside and breathe in that fresh air.
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I so agree. And once out there, you think, “Why was I dragging my feet? It’s awesome out here!” (Except, of course, when it is minus digits -hehe!)
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There is definitely a limit to the temperature at which I can enjoy it, but we’re not even close to that yet – very thankfully!
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Well the grass is nice and green. Cheer up Choppy !
You guys are still doing great with your walks ! 🙂
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Not for much longer – it is very frozen out there today!
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Oh no !!!!
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It’s a look of bewilderment. “You mean we’re actually walking in sunlight?” Way to go.
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If you could see me in the picture, the expression would say the same thing.
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It’s interesting how different the daylight/night time hours are in the world.
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Even going a small distance makes a change – we spend a lot of time on the western side of the Eastern Time Zone, and it’s a major change this time of year, as it still stays light relatively late compared to us.
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I think Choppy preferred the stars. Just kidding. I’m sure she is trying to figure out why you were an hour late for your walk.
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She has seemed to be getting up a lot easier for the later walks – not that she’s hopping out of bed at the still-early hour, it’s just not the chore it was before the weekend!
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I’m with Choppy. Who wants to get up early? Especially to go for a walk.
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Schooner is cool with it – but then again, he’s pretty much nocturnal, so that makes sense. It’s still night when these walks start.
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Cute dog
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Thank you!
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