Nice Weather

7 Miles Today;  As I get ready to walk, I see another beautiful sunrise.  I find it hard to believe it's early January with no snow and mild temperature (high 30's)........It's now mid afternoon and time to finish my blog entry for the day.  My miles this morning gave me  47 for the week.  Under my average of 50/wk but with my sore back and hips I'm satisfied.  My blog entry from one year ago read that we had 2 inches of snow fall during the night adding to the slush on the ground from the January thaw the previous few days.  My memory tells me that Forrest had to deal with a lot of slush and icy roads the first few weeks of January last year.     Tomorrow at 8:30 am I have a MRI scheduled at Ingham Medical on my lower back.  My walk will have to wait to the afternoon.  Until then God Bless Walk Forrest Walk

Lewis & Clark Update
Journal Entry From Capt.William Clark

7th of October Sunday 1804 Frost last night, passed a River 90 yds. wide all the water of this river runs in a channel of 20 yards, the Current appears gentle, I walked up this River a mile, Saw the tracks of white bear, very large, also a old Ricara village partly burnt, fortified about 60 Lodges built in the Same form of those passed yesterday, many Canoes & Baskets about the huts— about 10 o'clock we saw 2 Indians on the south shore, they asked for Something to eat & told us they were Tetons. We gave them meat, passed a large open Island covered with grass and wild rye, I walked on the island & 4 men they 〈our〉 Killed a Barrow & a Black tale Doe with a black breast, the largest Deer I ever saw, the great numbers of Grouse on it, we call it Grouse Island, Camped opposite the Island near the south side....... to be continued