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I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been walking a great deal since I retired.\u00c2\u00a0 Some days I clip off seven miles.\u00c2\u00a0 For someone who was fairly inactive on the walking front before, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a great deal of walking.\u00c2\u00a0 The more I walk the better I feel.\u00c2\u00a0 I highly recommend it.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n While reading my mail one day recently I saw an ad that caught my eye.\u00c2\u00a0 It was for a walk in the park after dark. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just any ole park.\u00c2\u00a0 It was Saluda Shoals Park down the street from my house.\u00c2\u00a0 It also wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just any ole night.\u00c2\u00a0 It was the night before they opened up their holiday light display. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Goodie!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I said out loud as I quickly called some walking buddies to see if they were up to adding more miles in their walking day. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n There were five of us who made the commitment.\u00c2\u00a0 The day was here and the evening was brisk. We met at the park, talked awhile and visited with other walkers and runners, and started the jaunt to see the lights. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n There were some WONDERFUL displays and it was a great time to join in that walk with friends. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n My wish for you today<\/strong> is that you take the time to go to Saluda Shoals this holiday season and see those lights.\u00c2\u00a0 You can even stay in the car to see them and hear music as you drive. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be glad you did.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ~ Joellen<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been walking a great deal since I retired.\u00c2\u00a0 Some days I clip off seven miles.\u00c2\u00a0 For someone who was fairly inactive on the walking front before, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a great deal of walking.\u00c2\u00a0 The more I walk the better I feel.\u00c2\u00a0 I highly recommend it. While reading my mail one day recently I saw an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,41,32,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-health","category-holidays","category-living-life-to-the-fullest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}