What do you do when you have the whole day free, it’s 5 degrees outside, the streets are icy, the town has no theatres, libraries or museums, and you’re in a small room at the Super 8? Frank and I take turns on the computer. We savor every email from our friends, fans and family like fine literature. We answer everything almost immediately, unlike when we are at home.
This morning I also went swimming in the spa. Really! You have to do the legs and arms separately, but it wasn’t very hot and holding onto the sides, you can actually get some exercise. (It’s easy to work up a sweat in there.) I read in today’s paper that the daily recommended walking for the average person is 10,000 steps, or about five miles. Also in the paper were the Surgeon General’s recommended 8 to 10 servings of fruits and vegetables per day. How different the streets and sidewalks would look if that were the case! Everyone would be bundled up and out, crazy like us! The food offered up at restaurants would be different, too. It’s tough to eat healthy on the road. We end up going to grocery stores and buying fruit, whole grains and local cheeses.
Speaking of the newspaper and our daily “discovery walks,” we did find something interesting today after all. After visiting Gert and Erma’s coffee shop (we’re regulars now), we wandered into an old newspaper office, The Glencoe Enterprise. What a blast from the past! The office has been producing papers there since 1873. They still had most of the original equipment, creaky floors, and beautiful old windows. A woman came out and greeted us with a huge white bandage on her chin, saying she had slipped on the ice. We know how easy that is to do! For some reason, the conversation quickly changed to bird and animal rescue. She ended up helping me learn male and female Eagle birdcalls, as well as differing Owl tunes for specific occasions. What a HOOT! We ended up being entertained by this woman, Marie Thurn, for close to an hour, getting interesting facts about wildlife in the area, AM radio stations where we can get the inside scoop on a town, where to eat in all the places we’re going, and even pranks she and her friends have pulled on her husband, who owns the gas station across the street. After being surprised at her instant friendliness in an area where the people seem somewhat reserved, we were charmed, and told her of our concert tonight and put her on the guest list. She would make a great opening act!
Wow, what a night! It’s nights like these that make everything so worth it! Too beat to write now, but plenty to write about tomorrow. Man, oh man!
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