Walking in Falling Snow!

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In all my born days, [about 29,200 not counting infant years and knee replacements] I have never before walked in falling snow two days in a row! The snow stopped when I got home from walking yesterday, and the sun is shining now today. Still, snow hit my face as I walked, and that made it count.

My daughters and I have the app Life360, and I told them they could always look at their phones to see if I happened to be out. I eagerly looked after I got home, planning to post the recorded map. It didn’t work today! I’ll show you what it looked like yesterday when I went the full mile. Despite the picture, I was on the same small road coming and going.

Today it gave an address I walk by and recorded my trip in writing – 8:06 am – 8:10 am (3 min). Although I walked half an hour, I got credit for only a tenth of that! What on earth did it think I was doing? Making angels in the snow?? Idly chatting with a neighbor in very cold weather? Did the phone protest being in my pocket where it was much warmer than the rest of me? Surely it wasn’t taking a long smoke break! It must have taken a nap. Sleeping on the job!!

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I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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  1. As a child I walked in falling snow often, and as an adult too. When I saw the title I saw falling and snow and I thought you had fallen in the snow. Glad I was wrong.

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        1. I don’t know. It was niece Chrissie who set ours up. If you have to set up a circle, I’d be happy to be on it with you, if you have no one else who wants to do it. It’s a safety feature for me.

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                  2. I found instructions to set up a circle, and it said to look for the circle switcher at the top of the app. I cannot see that on mine. I will look again in an hour or so. The neighbor is very talkative, so this could take a while.

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  5. Probably the freezing weather. It helps if you put the phone next to your body temperature, like in your shirt pocket inside your coat, next to your chest.

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      1. It was just a guess, because cold affects them. My friend used to carry her phone tucked into her bra…not saying you need to go that far, but the closer it is to your body heat, the better. Be sure to report back on your outcomes tomorrow, since we all know you will probably walk in it!

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          1. Okay, but be sure you do–there is enough treacherous stuff going on as it is, and I do not want LIse or Kate to think I am encouraging you to walk in bad weather! I take the mother-daughter relationship quite seriously.

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            1. Thank you for that. I take full responsibility for my behavior, particularly walking outside. The girls applaud me, but they are also a bit leery of my falling. I will do my best to be very sensible.

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              1. I am sure you will, just as I do. We are not that far apart in age as you know. I think it is ingrained in us to want to let people we care about know that we do, and apparently, the default is “be careful.”

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  6. I have had one snow holiday and while on it Tim and I did go for a walk in the falling snow, I wear a pedometer and some days it will not count all the steps, which is annoying

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  8. You are more tech savvy than me, but I know as to cameras, if you are using a compact camera to keep it close to your body to keep the battery warm or it will not always take the photo instantly.

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    1. Thanks for that comment. I have not thought about keeping a camera or phone warm, but both stay in a pocket that is right next to my skin. Normally that is enough to keep them working well, but it has been quite cold. Surely there won’t be a lot more of cold weather!

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      1. Our weather has been brutally cold this week and three other times this Winter. I actually got that tip from Wayne (Tofino Photography). Once, several years ago, it was Winter and I was at the Park trying to photograph a heron eating a fish with the point-and-shoot camera. Although I’d take the picture at the right time, as he caught multiple fish, the camera was slow to “fire” and the flash did not work right away (a very gray day), so I missed some shots and mentioned that in the blog post.

        Wayne told me to put the camera and an extra battery) into an inside part of my jacket, as close to my body as possible, until ready to use it. So I do that now.

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  9. I love that you walked in falling snow! It’s one of my favorite times to walk – although I’ve not walked in falling snow this year.

    Apps can be so frustrating. Making snow angels in the snow isn’t a bad idea. But maybe we would have a hard time getting up? 🙂

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    1. As part of my warm up exercises, I get on the floor once a day. There was a time I couldn’t get up off the floor, and I knew that had to change. It is more important now than ever, since I’m living alone.

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      1. Anne! This is so smart. My mother fell in her living room once. She wasn’t hurt, but she didn’t have the strength to pull herself up, so she leaned against the sofa for over a day before someone came to the house and could help. I can still get up from the floor, but it’s very hard. I should do this as you do and build up my strength. Thank you for this.

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  10. I love that you walked in falling snow! carry her phone tucked into her bra…not saying you need to go that far, but the closer it is to your body heat, the better. Probably the freezing weather. It helps if you put the phone next to your body temperature, like in your shirt pocket inside your coat, next to your chest.

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  12. Enjoy the snow! I enjoyed the snow so much in the South growing up. It only snowed about once every 5 to 6 years. Since we’ve moved to Alabama, the Colorado cold and snow seems to have followed us. We’ve had snow three times this winter, with accumulation twice!!!

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      1. This winter, I discovered YakTrax. (Think of them as chains for boots) I love them! I feel so much more secure when walking on ice or snow.

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