On this walking trip, conditions did not cooperate as much as we would have liked.  The first day gave us comfortable temperatures but rain on the last third of the walk (which I find particularly miserable when my feet get wet and squishy).  Day Two was sunny but too warm for Mike.  We took a half an hour and ate a “real” lunch – a welcome treat.  Day Three was predicted to be rainy all day – a prediction that fortunately did not occur.  Instead we got a nice overcast day.  However, as we approached the end of our walk in the town of Dalton, OH, we were greeted by a local police officer.  We had parked our car on the side of the road (as we normally do), a practice which, despite the “Out hiking, back by 4 p.m.” sign on the dash, led the neighbors to call the police when they saw the out-of-state plate.  The police officer was very understanding and gave us suggestions for the next trip on better places to park.  We apologized to the neighbor and went to leave, only to discover that we had no keys to the rental car.  Several calls to our friendly police officer for local cab company suggestions later, we got a ride to my car at the beginning and were relieved to find the car keys had fallen on the floor of my car when we drove together to the start of the hike.  Having made several new friends, we left saying Dalton is a nice small town.

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Our first fall walking trip and the first post-Judy retirement walk.  Weather was perfect on day 1.  Cool fall-like temperature, breezy and overcast.  A steep uphill to start and then on to rolling hills.  The same beautiful weather continued through the next two days.  All-in-all a nice way to start our fall walks.  Going to Daniel’s football game at Oberlin, and visiting with Adam at State College, on the way home was a nice bonus.

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