It is amazing how many people stop my mom at Target, the grocery store or other places to say, "how is your dog?" or "I see you walking your dog all over town". Well, every day we take the same route, about 3 miles. I call it my "cookie walk"; mom calls it "the wave walk". We start from the office and when we reach the Arbor Cafe, the usual customers inside wave at us, then we walk past the two Starbucks, and more waves --- usually a group of retired men we see daily --; then we stop by Great Harvest for MY TREAT, past Shyrocks where we "wave" again to the two men who run it; then round the corner and I race down to Mary Lou Zeek's art gallery where I get a BIG BISCUIT and a HUGE BOWL OF WATER ; then down the street, pass the Arbor where we wave, then down to the corner to the Brick, where sometimes Joy is in the window changing the sign (I think my mom goes there for Martini Mondays!) and another wave there....then we cross to go to the Bank of Cascades, for another cookie treat (about once a week).
We proceed next to Willamette University and then cross to the Capitol where we usually stop and talk to Bruce, the head gardener..and sometimes we see people at the Capitol mall we know. Then it is back to the office. Whew!!! All of this is done in under an hour, unless we get caught up. We "know" so many people...people we don't know by name, but just by face. A lot inquire how am I doing, which is nice, or comment if I seem friskier one day or another!!
I love my walk and all the people that I see every day!!!
