From: smirzo@example.com   
      
   D  writes:   
      
   > On Tue, 25 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:   
   >   
   >> D  writes:   
   >>   
   >>> On Mon, 24 Feb 2025, Rich wrote:   
   >>   
   >> [...]   
   >>   
   >>>> I often 'frustrate' my wife by going off the beaten path (major roads)   
   >>>> onto back roads (I'll admit, sometimes done specifically for the value   
   >>>> of the 'frustration' part) to get "there" from "here" with no GPS nav   
   >>>> or pre-planning at all and in almost all instances I get "there" even   
   >>>> though the entire route is brand new for me.   
   >>>   
   >>> This is excellent! Always going the same way, or driving the same route   
   gets   
   >>> very boring after a while. Sometimes when I walk a new path, I discover a   
   new   
   >>> store I didn't know existed.   
   >>   
   >> That really happens when you walk instead of driving.  Not to mention   
   >> that if you're walking, it's okay to stop by at a store.  If you're   
   >> driving, it's not okay because (at least where I live), it's never easy   
   >> to find a parking place.  And you might not want to interrupt the song   
   >> that's playing or get out of the air conditioning.   
   >>   
   >   
   > This is the truth! I like walking. It is one of the few forms of   
   > exercise I engage in. =) It is also relaxing and can almost be a bit   
   > meditative if you get into it.   
      
   I agree. :)   What I often do at the beach is actually just walk it end   
   to end.  The beach I always go to has about 1 km in length.  But lately   
   I've been trying to swim in the ocean as well.  I've taken swimming   
   classes for various years and I didn't have the energy to continue when   
   I joined graduate school.  Now I'm out and I have been trying to   
   continue, but after two months swimming in a gym, I decided to quit it   
   and move to the beach.  I'm happy to announce that lately the water has   
   been crystalline around here.  The news called it Caribbean today.   
      
   I have been using some fins to give me some ``self confidence''.  It's   
   fairly scary to swim the beach end to end.  You need to distance   
   yourself from the shore to stay a bit away from the waves and even other   
   people.  And you can barely see much while swimming: even with   
   crystalline water, visility is still very limited.   
      
   But it's really more pleasurable to be at the beach than at the gym.   
   Sure, when the water gets pretty dark, I will probably not swim.  I hope   
   I'm lucky enough so that such conditions don't last too long when they   
   arrive.   
      
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