My Journey With Health And Fitness – Having A Little Fun

It was a nice day for walking today. I got in an hour after my bootcamp class early this morning. I then did an hour walk each way to an office where I do volunteer work. While I love my 2 hour walks to the beach and back sometimes it’s nice to just break the walking into small segments as I tend to do on Tuesdays. The important part is that I got it all in today.

Yesterday was a fun day with my sister. We belong to a 55+ activity centre and through out the year they do all sorts of excursions. This can be anything from a local wine tour, seeing a live theatre production, traveling to one of our many islands and much more. During the summer it becomes even more fun when they do their ‘mystery’ tours. Literally you buy a spot on the bus and you have no idea where they are going to take you. We tried one last year and had a blast so signed up for 2 more this year and yesterday was the first one.

So we get on the bus and the tour leader hands us each an itinerary which goes like this, leave for stop 1 at 9:50, spend 30 minutes. Leave for stop 2 at 10:45, spend 1 hour, etc. Really, you don’t know where you are going until you get there and quite frankly I think most of the time the volunteer bus driver had no idea where he was taking us. But hell, that is all part of the mystery.

We started out at a lovely park to explore. It had just stunning foliage including a greenhouse with all sorts of tropical plants. We then went to an animal rescue organization that focused on reptiles. Seriously, we saw every type of lizard imaginable but they also had things like tortoise and most importantly baby bunnies. Then we were off to lunch at a deli at a turkey farm so we had, wait for it, turkey sandwiches. Next we went to another amazing rescue organization that focuses on alpacas who’s fur they harvest to make all sorts of wearables. Besides the alpacas they also had llamas, donkeys, ducks, chickens, pigs, a turkey and 2 camels. We even got to feed most of the animals so it was a riot. Finally, a quick stop to a greenhouse where we were all treated to beautiful bouquets of flowers.

I have to say it was just an awesome day full of fun and a ton of learnings. While it was an all day event I still managed to get in bootcamp and 2 hours of walking which I figured was pretty good. Bottom line, it was nice to just have a little fun with my big sis’. Can’t wait for the next mystery tour in August.