Part of Our Sunday

Sunday was windy and cold and there was another Pokemon Go event in the afternoon. There was no question that Sam and I were going to go into town for it. The only question was whether we would drive slowly through town for the entire thing, like the last time, or whether we would park somewhere and walk through town, as we normally would on those warmer summer days

It wasn’t a debate between Sam and myself - I had my own opinion, but I kept it to myself. The debate, really, was just within Sam.

Even as we drove into town, Sam was still debating. We made our usual first stop outside of the post office - and he still hadn’t decided. Finally, we rounded the corner and drove into the parking lot and after thinking about it for another minute or two, he decided it would be a good idea for us to walk. I agreed that this was a good idea.

Technically, I don’t view this as a lie. Getting out and getting some exercise IS a good idea. We both need it. It’s just that I didn’t want to. Did I mention it was cold? And windy? But I mustered up a superficial veneer of enthusiasm - and off we went.

I’m glad we went, as it was a pretty good time - especially in hindsight (with the hindsight taking place in the comfort of my warm home). That’s almost always the case with these kinds of things.

I didn’t really do anything except walk along, keep Sam company, ask the occasional question or make the occasional suggestion - and tell him the occasional “great job”.

After forty-five minutes or so, we headed back to the car and then back home. Once inside, we heated up some of the mulled cider we had leftover from apple picking the previous weekend - and we made our plans for what remained of the weekend.

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Here's a screenshot from my phone, taken of our walking route though town...

And here's a few photos from our walk. All of these are of the "I guess you had to be there" variety, but you get the idea...