{"id":7044,"date":"2011-01-17T07:54:25","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T13:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromthefrontporch.com\/WPBlog\/?p=7044"},"modified":"2023-09-18T10:44:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:44:05","slug":"finding-a-place-to-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2011\/01\/finding-a-place-to-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding a place to walk"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The temperature has stayed above the freezing mark since last Thursday morning. <\/p>\n

At this point, I am rooting for it to stay warm until everything melts…we might as well start Winter over from scratch!<\/p>\n

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Karl has been mostly taking himself for his walks while I watch from the safety of a snow patch. And even he is walking gingerly with his toes splayed out for a better grip.<\/p>\n

Bob is fairly happy as the melt has opened up more area around the house and trees for latrine digging :)!<\/p>\n

Yesterday, although it was raining, dripping and mainly I wanted to stay by the woodstove, I also needed a walk. I warned Karl that it might only be a car ride as I was not going to risk an ice walk.<\/p>\n

We headed to Somers. I thought the asphalt trail walk might be our best bet and if not it is on the way to the grocery so I’d gather a few items.<\/p>\n

Montana Highway 82, the “Somers cutoff” borders the northern end of Flathead Lake. I turn south toward Somers on Somers Rd. past a favorite farm pictured in the photos from Frosted Farm <\/a> and Frosted Farm and the Summer Version<\/a> posts.<\/p>\n

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Just past that farm, the road curves 90 degrees to the west and continues along a bit of the lake….<\/p>\n

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…before arriving in Somers. <\/p>\n

The green field – a beautiful contrast to the dark sky, misty clouds and gray lake. <\/p>\n

The walk trail was dry and clear…a relief as Karl was watching excitedly and kissing my ear as we approached the small parking area. It was not raining when we arrived. We enjoyed a brisk walk because for the first time in days we could<\/em> walk briskly. Pleasure in the simple things…a bit of green in Winter and finding a place to walk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday 1\/17\/2011 Unexpected green in January!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-porch-musings"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21651,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7044\/revisions\/21651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}