The Riverwalk was almost deserted this morning around eight and the temperature was in the mid fifties headed for seventy. Sorry, my Mid-Atlantic friends who are getting a big ice storm and my New Hampshire friends getting yet another snow storm. But, been there and done that and do enjoy this warmer clime. A great website to actually see what is going on in the lakes region of New Hampshire is http://www.rattlesnakecam.com/watch.htm. A bunch of webcams some of which work all winter and some don't.
I realize that I allude to the RW quite a bit in this blog and haven't shown many images of the place. It is a concrete and boardwalk running about five miles along the Congaree River in the towns of West Columbia, Columbia, and Cayce, SC. What a great way to spend tax dollars.......Hear that Washington?
Pondering the imponderables is something that we all do from time to time. Sorta like why do we keep banging our heads against the wall, always expecting a different result. It always hurts till we stop doing it. People walk along the RW for allot of reason. Joggers get their exercise as do the walkers, both categories endeavoring to better their health. Bikers, skaters, and skate boarders all doing the same thing. Some of us looking to make photographs too. Well, if this is the case then why do people cut corners in a effort to make their walk, run, or ride shorter? The top left image shows just such a short cut on the walk. Why? They're there to get exercise, so why make it shorter. Staying on the concrete is 30 feet and the cutoff to the left is 24 feet.....save six feet of effort. Whoopeeeeee! Lazy, well maybe, but that contradict as well. Just can't figure it out. It's similar to finding trash on the ground right next to a trash bin. Yes, some of it is from raccoons, but some of it is also from negligent people. I guess I will never understand some folk's motivation to do that they do.
I realize that I allude to the RW quite a bit in this blog and haven't shown many images of the place. It is a concrete and boardwalk running about five miles along the Congaree River in the towns of West Columbia, Columbia, and Cayce, SC. What a great way to spend tax dollars.......Hear that Washington?
Pondering the imponderables is something that we all do from time to time. Sorta like why do we keep banging our heads against the wall, always expecting a different result. It always hurts till we stop doing it. People walk along the RW for allot of reason. Joggers get their exercise as do the walkers, both categories endeavoring to better their health. Bikers, skaters, and skate boarders all doing the same thing. Some of us looking to make photographs too. Well, if this is the case then why do people cut corners in a effort to make their walk, run, or ride shorter? The top left image shows just such a short cut on the walk. Why? They're there to get exercise, so why make it shorter. Staying on the concrete is 30 feet and the cutoff to the left is 24 feet.....save six feet of effort. Whoopeeeeee! Lazy, well maybe, but that contradict as well. Just can't figure it out. It's similar to finding trash on the ground right next to a trash bin. Yes, some of it is from raccoons, but some of it is also from negligent people. I guess I will never understand some folk's motivation to do that they do.
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