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I've been trying to get-in 8 to 10k steps everyday here but it's been so-hot for the last few days that I had to rethink that.

Did this instead today...









Not big walleyes (14 to 16-inches on average) but good table fare.

The lack of a distant shore on the horizon in that second picture has me guessing you were on LOTW.
10,000 strokes with the oars would probably count as well as 10,000 steps on your feet. 😁

Think about the whole story... not just the number of calories burned:

18,940 steps in 206 minutes would be impressive if it was true.
That would be hunting at a pretty brisk pace if you were road hunting or doing your grouse hunting on a golf course. Navigating through brush, briars, grapevines, fallen tree limbs, rocks, uneven ground, and all the other normal obstacles you encounter in typical grouse cover... well just call me skeptical.

Even if you could do it, at that speed, I'd expect to be either flushing birds way out ahead (at a time of year when leaves haven't yet dropped), or having other birds just sit tight as I raced by. And you'd literally be begging to trip and break a gun stock, or worse.

Gotta love the internet, where any mild-mannered Nutty Professor can be Superman.

Brent: I had to do that once here when the duck boat motor wouldn't start (a few years ago now). It took a very-long time to get back to the dock and I simply did not find the experience to be much fun at all.

As 70 approaches, I'm finding that I need to be more "mindful" of how I exert myself (lest I become injured by my exertions [unfamiliar use of certain muscles seems to now be unwise at times]). I can still mostly do any and all of the things that I want to (& the "want-to part is much more important these days), but occasionally I'm finding that there is now a small price to be paid.

I know that a more thoughtful approach to 1st, my meals, and then 2nd...my recreational pastimes (i.e., alcohol) needs to be employed, but since I'm still having fun, that won't be happening anytime soon.

I've put-off an accounting with my dentist several times this year (for a molar that will soon become a problem), and my physician is awaiting my presence for a complete review of all my bodily functions (after the 1st of the year). During the depths of winter, I'm fine with all of their tinkering and medical inconveniences, but just not now. Autumn is now precious to me and I will not waste it for even a day or two.

enjoy, while you can...

mean time, pls keep your commentary an pitchers coming for those of us who cant do it no mo...

I understand where you're coming from, Lloyd. Time is short.

That was it. I had no data entered.

A good day here...



became a better day later.



It took all day, but it was worth it. Fish in the freezer, birds in the fridge, does it get any better than this?

Very seldom, brother. Very seldom.

My cup runneth over...