April 18

Action shot.




I downloaded an app this weekend that uses GPS to track your route/distance/elevation/supposedly calories burned. I'm very interested in and excited by this discovery, but sometimes the GPS is spotty. Since the accuracy will always be at question, I'll probably just use both devices and compare. I wish I could upload the app's results to my blog. There is a feature for facebook, but I like having a separate site just for my walks. Maybe I'll take a picture of the route on my phone and just post that.

April 16

Midday walk by myself.

Some Numbers

I'm proud to say that Team Chris has raised over $10,900 as of today! Thank you so much to everyone who has donated! Anthony joined yesterday, and he is already more than 3/4 of the way to reaching the $1000 minimum....in fact his amount went up in the time I was writing this post.

I tallied up all of my pedometer distances since my first post on February 8.
February- 31.7 miles
March- 32.8 miles
April- 25.45 miles so far
For a total of 89.95 miles!!

If you come across this blog, and haven't seen our Donation page for Suicide Prevention check out these links:
Team Chris
Erin's Page

April 14

Beautiful sunshine.


I got some sun on my shoulders, but I wore my Overnight hat and sunglasses to keep the sun out of my eyes.


I think this is a Japanese maple. I'm trying to learn more about the local flora that I see on my walks.


Yesterday was absolutely gorgeous, I stayed outside all day, and I went on two walks. We have thunderstorms and rain all day today so that's part of the reason why I wanted to get some extra walking done. I took about a two hour break in between. Good distance though!

April 12

Clouds in the water.


My niece fishing. She actually caught a few fish.


Me fishing.


This distance was from walking back and forth from the lake to the cabin.

April 11

I had a great vacation with my brother and his family this past weekend! We went to Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge Tennessee. Of course there is always a lot of walking to be done on vacation, so I took my pedometer. We were there four days and one of those mornings I did get up early to go for a short walk. We stayed in a cabin in the woods on a hill overlooking a lake. Eventhough we were in the mountains, the road around the cabin wasn't too steep so I walked on a gradual incline. It was a very nice setting to be in and to walk in. I walked about 1.25 miles in the morning then kept my pedometer on me for the day when we went into downtown Gatlinburg. Here are some pictures from the day.


Sunrise through the trees.


Dock at the lake.


Our cabin on the hilltop.


Downtown Gatlinburg.


View of the Smoky Mountains from the Sky Tram.


Me, my brother, and his kids. Notice the pedometer attached to my dress pocket. :)





My pedometer accidentally reset itself at some point near the end of the day so I had a total of 4.5 miles.

April 7

Our neighbor's dog had surgery so he hasn't been out much lately but he walked part of the way with me.




Trying to get some distance in before vacation.