I just got back from WIN Walk number 9. Participation in ten are required to get the big prize. A water bottle. Isn't it amazing what some of is do these days. For me that was just enough of an incentive to show up for the noon and 5 pm walks for five weeks. I sort of had a conflict today bit it was important enough to me to leave the call-in early so I could make it down to Wood Center for the start of the walk. It is still really smokey but it isn't hovering at ground level. It is thick enough so you can't see the sun and temperatures today are pretty cool especially compared to yesterday.

This afternoon, I took another long walk. This was partly because I forgot my pre-lunch medication and walking seems to do wonders with moderating my blood sugar. It is still very smokey with visibility under a mile so I went out of my way to not exert myself. I hadn't walked through the Potato Field out to Smith Lake this year so it seemed like a good idea. I also walked around the perimeter of the T-Field and noticed that there was a lot of activity that I am assuming is associated with some sort of research project. Last month, I noticed a lot of tubes with some sort of tree outside of the greenhouse located near the Butrovich Building. These look pretty similar to whatever they were working on there. Anyway, I got in a good seven miles overall which is less than I would like but given the miserable air quality, it is probably a reasonable number of miles. Usually, while walking on the trails, I see al of other people out walking or running but today, not so many. It is supposed to be raining soon especially since the fair starts this weekend. After all, it always seems to rain during the fair.