A week or so ago I was walking along the boardwalk.
(Side note: I haven't figured out if "boardwalk" is the right word for what this is. It's a large sidewalk that runs right along the beach. There are no boards, so boardwalk doesn't seem right.)
At this particular time I was walking into the wind. And this is not a light breeze that feels refreshing. Nope. That would not have been worthy of a blog entry. Instead, this was a rather significant wind that would sometime make your legs move not in the direction you wanted when you took a step.
I was getting quite grumpy about this, especially when bits of sand ended up in my mouth and crunched when I closed my teeth. And then I looked for the silver lining. I was able to find 2.
1) In our part of NL it's is FLAT! Most of it was reclaimed from the sea over 400 years ago, so there are no hills (outside some sand dunes). This makes biking and walking relatively easy as there is little resistance. This is where the wind comes in handy. By having to walk into the wind I was getting more of workout than I normally would have. Yeah, me!!
2) A free microdermabrasion! The sand was pummeling my face, like when buildings are sandblasted to get rid of graffiti and dirt. People pay hundreds of dollars for something like this, and here all I had to do was take a walk along the beach. It's always good to save money, right? 😂😏
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